Invalid root directory drive for installation kit

[florent.d]

Hi,
I've got a problem with the installation kit generated by CVI 6.0. The drive letter for the default pathname of the install is not correct.
I want the default install pathname of my application to be:
C:\(appz name)
My project is on:
C:\Projects\...
The kit is generated on:
C:\Release\...
On the create distribution kit window, I choose the following option:
Parent folder: Root directory
sub folder: (appz)
And yet, when I install the software, I happened to have on some PC the correct default installation pathname (C:\(appz)) and on other PC, the drive letter is "D" (D:\(appz)). No, I correct this, MOST of the time, the install pathname is on D.

How can I fix this?

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions
,
Florent

[Frédéric MAILLET]

I'm also interested in an answer to this problem as I have the same.
My project is located on network, accessed via drive "H".
I'm giving exactly the same options as Florent (Root directory for
install, ...) and the install wizard always propose me all but the "C"
system drive.


"florent.d" a ecrit :

> Hi,
> I've got a problem with the installation kit generated by CVI 6.0. The
> drive letter for the default pathname of the install is not correct.
> I want the default install pathname of my application to be:
> C:\(appz name)
> My project is on:
> C:\Projects\...
> The kit is generated on:
> C:\Release\...
> On the create distribution kit window, I choose the following option:
> Parent folder: Root directory
> sub folder: (appz)
> And yet, when I install t
he software, I happened to have on some PC
> the correct default installation pathname (C:\(appz)) and on other PC,
> the drive letter is "D" (D:\(appz)). No, I correct this, MOST of the
> time, the install pathname is on D.
>
> How can I fix this?
>
> Thanks to everyone for your suggestions,
> Florent

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[WesW]

This is actually correctly, but possibly misleading because of the name "root directory". Each drive letter on your system does have a root directory of "\" (C:\, D:\, etc). However, the Microsoft Windows Installer picks the first fixed, local drive letter that has the most free space (which is not necessarily the first drive or the Windows drive.) Unfortunately, this behavior is built into the Windows Installer, and isn't currently changeable from CVI.

Wes W
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