Custom installation folder (LV 2009)

[Jed_Davidow]

I have been tasked with building an installer for a customer, for an existing codebase written in LV2009 (windows XP, Vista, 7).

The code is not well-written and has A LOT of hard-coded paths.  I am not being paid to recode, and I would like to avoid that entirely if possible.

The EXE needs to be located in c:\projects\FOLDER.  However, I cannot seem to get the installation tool to place it anywhere but the standard Windows folders (Desktop, Program files, etc).

I haven't have to make an installer do this before (I always locate my EXEs in the PF folder).

Am I missing something?  I could have sworn I have done this before.  I can't find any KB or forums on this, which seems strange (although searching NI and finding relevent results has been getting worse and worse)

-jed

[TaylorG · Accepted solution]

Hi Jed,

Here is a link with some helpful steps on how to set a custom installation folder.  Make sure you make it your default location as well by clicking the folder with the red check mark on it after adding the folder to the directory.  Hope this helps!

Can I Set the Installation Directory for a LabVIEW Installer?

[Jed_Davidow]

Thank you.  The phrase "windows volume" wasn't obvious to me, nor was the checkmark.

[TaylorG]

No problem.  Glad it's working!