How to create a Visual Studio Setup Project registry value with the application install path?

Question

I have a very simple application installer that needs to add an action to the shell menu of all files (HKCR*\shell), and I've run into a brick wall: how do I insert the installed path of the application into a registry value? I've tried everything I can think of:

• [Path]
• [ApplicationFolder]
• [ApplicationPath]
• [InstallPath]
• [InstallRoot]
• [InstallFolder]
• [InstallTarget]
• [TargetPath]

I even tried adding one that I know works in other places ([Manufacturer]) to make sure that the bracket-values syntax actually works in the Registry (it does).

Anyone know, or at the least, have any ideas that I haven't tried?

Answer 1

The one you are looking for is [TARGETDIR]