Custom install directory for installer

[NotTheExpert]

For legacy reasons, all of our applications must be installed on the 😧 drive in a directory called Programs. I can't see how to create a distribution that will do that. What am I missing?

[LuisG]

In the Files tab of the Edit Installer dialog, you can create a D:\Programs location for your files by right-clicking in the Installation Files & Directories control and selecting Root Drive, followed by New Subdirectory.

Luis

[NotTheExpert]

I am running CVI 8.0.1, and I do not see a Root Drive option. Am I missing something or was this option not available in  8.0.1?

[Kracken · Accepted solution]

Hi NotTheExpert,

The option is not available in CVI 8.0.1.  If you upgrade to CVI 2010, you will be able to change the root drive as shown in the following screenshot.

To get this functionality in CVI 8.0.1, you will need to use the workaround detailed in this thread.

Regards,

Brandon V.

Applications Engineering

National Instruments

www.ni.com/support

[LuisG]

The workarounds in the linked thread need to be tweaked a bit to work in CVI 8.0.1. For example, to override it on the command line, try this command:

setup.exe /prop INSTALLDIR.MDF100=D:\Programs

You should be able to see that it's working if the first installer panel shows "D:\Programs" as the default installation directory.

Luis