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Detecting App Installation Location
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| jim evans 2006-07-02, 6:55 pm |
| Is there an easy way to determine where an application is installed?
When I update an application I need to know where the user installed
it. Of course, if they used the default location there's no problem,
but when they install in another location I need to know where.
jim
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| Larry Serflaten 2006-07-02, 6:55 pm |
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"jim evans" <jimsnews@houston.rr.com> wrote
> Is there an easy way to determine where an application is installed?
> When I update an application I need to know where the user installed
> it.
How about you put the app's directory in the Registry when it runs
(or at least check if it is already been added). If the user has run the
program at least once, you then have a place you can go check for
the installed location.
LFS
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| Stefan Berglund 2006-07-02, 6:55 pm |
| On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:13:08 -0500, jim evans <jimsnews@houston.rr.com>
wrote:
in <tt2ga211ps49nrjo1cdq7vmrfok3s373oc@4ax.com>
>Is there an easy way to determine where an application is installed?
>When I update an application I need to know where the user installed
>it. Of course, if they used the default location there's no problem,
>but when they install in another location I need to know where.
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>jim
Why not have the app initiate the update? ~It~ knows where it's
installed.
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Stefan Berglund
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