How to copy files to CommonAppDataFolder?

programdata, windows-7, wix

Solution

The problem is that `AppDataFolder` is a reserved keyword that takes you to the Roaming data folder, I simply changed this id to a non-reserved keyword and my code worked

<Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
    <Directory Id="CommonAppDataManufacturerFolder" Name="$(var.MANUFACTURER)">
        <Directory Id="MyAppDataFolder" Name="$(var.PRODUCTNAME)">
            <Directory Id="DatasFolder" Name="Datas"/>
        </Directory>
    </Directory>
</Directory>

Problem

In WiX I have ``` <Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder"> <Directory Id="CommonAppDataManufacturerFolder" Name="$(var.MANUFACTURER)"> <Directory Id="AppDataFolder" Name="$(var.PRODUCTNAME)"> <Directory Id="DatasFolder" Name="Datas"/> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> ``` and ``` <ComponentGroup Id="DatasComponents" Directory="DatasFolder"> <Component Id="Database.sdf" Guid="4c33c78e-7113-4a8c-b9fd-6ba4f6490935"> <File Id="Database.sdf" Source="Database.sdf" /> <RemoveFolder Id='DatasFolder' On='uninstall' /> <RegistryValue Root='HKCU' Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' Type='string' Value='' KeyPath='yes' /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> ``` But the file is being copied to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Datas\ instead of %ProgramData%\Manufacturer\ProductName\Datas\

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