Apps not in Program Files

[Ben.Hahlen]

Hey Guuz,

I've been playing around with this stuff as well, because like you, I would like to have my apps on a different partition.

Maybe this is not what your looking for, but it will save you a lot of work:

Switches for the installation folder:

MSI:

msiexec /i Setup.msi INSTALLDIR="D:\Folder" /qn

Might not always work.

NSIS:

Setup.exe /S /D="D:\Folder"

case sensitive!

Inno Setup:

Setup.exe /VERYSILENT /DIR="D:\Folder"

InstallShield:

Either extract the msi or record the setup with /r

Wise:

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Found it here

This works with most of the apps for me

Good luck,

Greetz,

Ben

[GuuZ]

Well I'll give it a shot tonight. Thanx for your reply

[ZoSTeR]

This won't work:

SET PF1=%ProgramSET PF2=Files%RRC Search /data /text="%%PF1%%PF2%%" /replace="C:\Program Files" /noprompt

Just use:

RRC search /text="%%ProgramFiles%%" /replace="C:\Program Files" /data /noprompt

as mentioned before.

In a batch file %% resolves to %

[RyanVM]

This won't work:

SET PF1=%Program

SET PF2=Files%

RRC Search /data /text="%%PF1%%PF2%%" /replace="C:\Program Files" /noprompt

Just use:

RRC search /text="%%ProgramFiles%%" /replace="C:\Program Files" /data /noprompt

as mentioned before.

In a batch file %% resolves to %

It appears that the problem with that method is that it was automatically resolves the string to C:\Program Files instead of leaving it in %ProgramFiles% format.

[ZoSTeR]

Ok I solved the RRC not working... IT didn't work because it aumatically converted %ProgramFiles% into C:\ProgramFiles.. so that made the command: RRC Search /data /text="C:\Program Files" /replace="C:\Program Files" /noprompt..

Notice the % instead of %%.

The batch did what it was supposed to do.

Once again:

Dummy1.bat

echo %ProgramFiles%

will resolve to:

C:\Program Files

or whatever the variable contains

Dummy2.bat

echo %%ProgramFiles%%

will resolve to:

%ProgramFiles%

[GuuZ]

C:\>echo %%ProgramFiles%%%C:\Program Files%
C:\>

[alienkiller]

im inteerested in this too..

[johann83]

C:\>echo %%ProgramFiles%%

%C:\Program Files%

C:\>

I don't think you completely understood what he was saying... The double percents (%%) only work in a batch file. If you do as he suggested and put the following code in a batch file and run it, you will get what you expect (which is %ProgramFiles%).

echo %%ProgramFiles%%

I'm still not certain this will give the desired result using the RRC program, but I just thought I'd clear this up.

Matt

[GuuZ]

Ah I see Now I understand.. thanx

Will try this when I get home from work

[alienkiller]

any results from this??

[GuuZ]

still busy... trying and solving

[GuuZ]

works now but after installing I changed my programfilespath back to c:\program files.... works fine.

But there's still one thing.. All the shortcuts that should direct to D:\Applications direct to C:\Progam Files now ;(... Should I just replace those shortcuts with a batch file?

[GuuZ]

^^no one?^^