InstallLocation is not written using standard installer?

Question

I'm trying to get an application to pass the Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit tests.

Everything works, just one part does not: The Toolkit test warns that my installation does not set the InstallLocation of my program.

I use the standard installer coming with VS2008SP, and I can't find no way to set the InstallLocation. I thought the installer should do this kind of stuff?

How do I get the installer to set the proper InstallLocation??

Thanks, Sam

Answer 1

The VS2008 deployment project doesn't do this by default. Fortunately you can do this through a custom action.

Here's a blog that includes a handy script that can be run as a post-build step in visual studio which inserts a type 51 custom action to fix the problem.