Microsoft patterns & practices use this:
1. Create a installer for samples: let say Samples.msi
2. Create the installer for the product and include Sample.msi as part of
the product and add shortcut to it in Start Menu.
So user will see the available samples, can install them where he/she wants
(probably outside program files).
Also the Samples.msi suggest a location: user's Visual Studio Projects
folder. Samples.msi doesn't register the product, so each user can have a
copy.
What do you think about this?
On 4/19/07, Quinton Tormanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have also noted that Microsoft historically puts Visual Studio samples
under Program Files. However, I had two concerns about this:
1. I notice that one of Microsoft's known issues for Visual Studio
on Windows Vista as a Normal User is that the samples can't be compiled (due
to UAC). The note starts out by saying, "Currently the samples that ship
with Visual Studio are installed under Program Files…" They list the two
obvious workarounds (copy them or run as administrator), but this makes it
sound like there is a better place for them that they'll use next time.
2. I am also a bit concerned how Windows Vista and XP default to
having *Program Files* not be browsable. This is probably fine for the
programmers that will be using our assembly, but again, it didn't feel like
the ideal solution.
Installing them under *Program Files* is my top choice right now, but it
doesn't seem like the long-term solution.
--Quinton
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Vottero
*Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2007 5:09 AM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* Re: [WiX-users] Where to install samples
Microsoft puts lots of samples in "Program Files…".
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Quinton Tormanen
*Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:26 AM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* [WiX-users] Where to install samples
I have a .NET assembly that we've built for use by our customers. We have
just added a bunch of sample projects using our assembly that can be also be
installed. I'm unclear on where to install these samples. I thought of
putting them under "[PersonalFolder]\RMCLink Samples", but the negatives
soon occurred to me (poor behavior under multiple users), and it was
apparent that Orca agreed with me.
So, I'm thinking of just putting them in a sub-folder under our install
folder (typically "C:\Program Files\RMCLink"). However, I'm not sure how
much Microsoft would like that since to use the samples, the user needs to
muck around in C:\Program Files, which doesn't seem like the best place to
advice users to browse around.
Any thoughts on where the proper place is for such samples?
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