How to create a sub folder in installation folder using WiX
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Solution 1
You should nest the <Directory Id="ImageFolder"> under <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER">, like this:
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="WWU">
<Directory Id="ImageFolder" Name="image"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs">
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="WWU 1.0" />
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
</Directory>
Note also that if there's no component in that folder, the empty directory won't be created. In order for this to happen, you'll have to author a component with <CreateFolder> element in it.
Solution 2
This is what you do.
- Nest the subfolder underneath INSTALLFOLDER as stated by Yan.
- Create the Feature Component with the CreateFolder bit inside
Example code:
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="WixInstallerExample" >
<Directory Id="test" Name="AnotherDirectory">
<Component Id="test" Guid="e29f1a9e-3ede-40d6-aba0-bfe451002ee3"
SharedDllRefCount="no" KeyPath="no" NeverOverwrite="no" Permanent="no" Transitive="no" Win64="no" Location="either">
<CreateFolder/>
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id="test" Title="testfolder" Level="1">
<ComponentRef Id="test"/>
</Feature>
</Fragment>
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How to create a sub folder in installation folder(which in my case is named WWU)? I am creating an installation folder named WWU in Program Files, I want to create a sub folder named image inside WWU folder which will contain some necessary images files. I tried doing so using below code but I am unable to get folder being created.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"> <Product Id="{AADE647C-36C5-48A7-A88F-5AB8D6BAE7FE}" Name="WWU 1.0" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Aricent Group" UpgradeCode="f89a1900-bdb0-4fec-a035-e69ae882716b"> <Package Id="*" Keywords="Installer" Description="Aricent's WWU 1.0 Installer" Comments="WWU is a registered trademark of Aricent Group." Manufacturer="Aricent Group" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" /> <UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal"/> <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)License.rtf"/> <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." /> <Media Id= "1" Cabinet="WWU.cab" EmbedCab="yes"/> <Feature Id="Complete" Title="WWU`_Installer" Description="The complete package." Display="expand" ConfigurableDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ProductComponents"/> <ComponentGroupRef Id="Shortcuts"/> </Feature> <Feature Id="ImagePack" Title="Images" Level="1"> <ComponentGroupRef Id="ImageFiles"/> </Feature> </Product> <Fragment> <UI> <Dialog Id="UserRegistrationDlg" Width="360" Height="250" Title="[ProductName] Setup" NoMinimize="yes"> <Control Id="NameLabel" Type="Text" X="45" Y="70" Width="100" Height="15" TabSkip="no" Text="User Name:"/> <Control Id="NameEdit" Type="Text" X="45" Y="80" Width="220" Height="18" Property="USERNAME" Text="{80}" /> <Control Id="OrganizationalLabel" Type="Text" X="45" Y="110" Width="100" Height="15" TabSkip="no" Text="Organization:"/> </Dialog> </UI> </Fragment> <Fragment> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="WWU" /> </Directory> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs"> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="WWU 1.0" /> </Directory> <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" /> <Directory Id="ImageFolder" Name="image"/> </Directory> </Fragment> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="ProductComponents" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER"> <!-- TODO: Remove the comments around this Component element and the ComponentRef below in order to add resources to this installer. --> <Component Id="MainExecutable" Guid="{434D54CC-D875-4B45-8125-CCCB8119A053}"> <!-- TODO: Insert files, registry keys, and other resources here. --> <File Id="WWUEXE" Name="WWU_UI.exe" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)WWU_UI.exe" KeyPath="yes"> <Shortcut Id="startmenuWWU" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" Name="WWU Tutorial 1.0" WorkingDirectory="IINSTALLDIR" Icon="WWU_UI.exe" Advertise="yes"/> <Shortcut Id="desktopWWU" Directory="DesktopFolder" Name="WWU Tutorial 1.0" WorkingDirectory="IINSTALLDIR" Icon="WWU_UI.exe" Advertise="yes"/> </File> </Component> <Component Id="SQLiteInterop" Guid="{7DBF7C38-3001-403F-911E-AF3C318F6219}"> <File Id="Interopdll" Name="SQLite.Interop.dll" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)x86\SQLite.Interop.dll" /> </Component> <Component Id="SQLitedll" Guid="{DB1FB7CC-6D89-478B-9276-8F4F987027AC}" > <File Id="SQLite" Name="System.Data.SQLite.dll" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)System.Data.SQLite.dll" /> </Component> <Component Id="SQLiteLinqdll" Guid="{C65A7DD8-6F1A-4E02-86B2-2B2EDFFDD684}" > <File Id="SQLiteLinq" Name="System.Data.SQLite.Linq.dll" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)System.Data.SQLite.Linq.dll" /> </Component> <Component Id="Log4net" Guid="{5266C74E-D7F8-4091-90C2-B661A63B7909}" > <File Id="Log4netdll" Name="log4net.dll" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)log4net.dll" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> <ComponentGroup Id="Shortcuts" Directory="ProgramMenuDir"> <Component Id="ProgramMenuShortcut"> <RemoveFolder Id="ProgramMenuDir" On="uninstall" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]" Type="string" Value="" KeyPath="yes" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> <!-- image files for image folder --> <ComponentGroup Id="ImageFiles" Directory="ImageFolder"> <Component Id="Asfo" Guid="{B8031331-076F-4C75-B231-3EBCBBD8D29C}"> <File Id="Asfoimg" Name="0sf0.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\0sfo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Asfob" Guid="{D0D78785-3CFC-49C7-9470-90250034D331}"> <File Id="Asfobimg" Name="0sfob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\0sfob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Aufo" Guid="{6912A60F-F612-4AB8-B530-A0EA71AF8587}"> <File Id="Aufoimg" Name="0ufo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\0ufo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Aufob" Guid="{AD38A28F-3518-4AA4-B169-EC5077844E83}"> <File Id="Aufobimg" Name="0ufob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\0ufob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Bsfo" Guid="{D9A2BD2E-70C2-47DE-8B20-501A9D77A3CD}"> <File Id="Bsfoimg" Name="1sfo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\1sfo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Bsfob" Guid="{AC063280-4698-4605-B74C-471DEAD9D595}"> <File Id="Bsfobimg" Name="1sfob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\1sfob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Bufo" Guid="{0D840A42-3119-4283-9220-BCD722FA4D31}"> <File Id="Bufoimg" Name="1ufo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\1ufo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Bufob" Guid="{A8425CC9-5787-419D-8D37-8B6F16726C84}"> <File Id="Bufobimg" Name="1ufob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\1ufob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Csfo" Guid="{CBB6870F-3FBA-4ADC-B508-D865A8642C19}"> <File Id="Csfoimg" Name="2sfo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\2sfo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Csfob" Guid="{E0EBE823-11EB-4054-A544-1F9859D06A00}"> <File Id="Csfobimg" Name="2sfob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\2sfob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Cufo" Guid="{E1870A35-B398-4B4A-AC1C-0A701A5188F8}"> <File Id="Cufoimg" Name="2ufo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\2ufo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Cufob" Guid="{3A6EA0AE-38C0-496C-B977-3342F3C6D8B8}"> <File Id="Cufobimg" Name="2ufob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\2ufob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Dsfo" Guid="{2D575CA7-96DA-40A1-B1EC-173F455E47C4}"> <File Id="Dsfoimg" Name="3sfo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\3sfo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Dsfob" Guid="{C08977BB-8FF7-459F-B3B3-8A9E75152EF5}"> <File Id="Dsfobimg" Name="3sfob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\3sfob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Dufo" Guid="{552B1B41-247D-490B-9433-B642CAD6A70A}"> <File Id="Dufoimg" Name="3ufo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\3ufo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Dufob" Guid="{3140C586-45C8-4496-BADD-3F55D9F2B751}"> <File Id="Dufobimg" Name="3ufob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\3ufob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Esfo" Guid="{311F89D5-5E53-4B45-87F7-B521ACC6D7C1}"> <File Id="Esfoimg" Name="4sfo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\4sfo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Esfob" Guid="{E9239C1D-3F5A-497B-92D4-0830E739A5E9}"> <File Id="Esfobimg" Name="4sfob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\4sfob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Eufo" Guid="{8A057476-D9B3-4033-9906-567377D97304}"> <File Id="Eufoimg" Name="4ufo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\4ufo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Eufob" Guid="{8CE17A52-19B1-4FB6-9D12-0B231E3DDE4D}"> <File Id="Eufobimg" Name="4ufob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\4ufob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Fsfo" Guid="{D0433C83-BCC5-41EB-8015-9D76E4457448}"> <File Id="Fsfoimg" Name="5sfo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\5sfo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Fsfob" Guid="{C65BD8E6-C9F1-4A75-9A23-3A6DB35B4BFC}"> <File Id="Fsfobimg" Name="5sfob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\5sfob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Fufo" Guid="{4F9D5939-7011-4D99-A65B-3F0A2130622B}"> <File Id="Fufoimg" Name="5ufo.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\5ufo.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Fufob" Guid="{90D7B520-4A37-42AC-AB62-F5485A89FCC9}"> <File Id="Fufobimg" Name="5ufob.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\5ufob.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="Ari_WWU" Guid="{086B969B-BAA2-4DFA-B699-F56FF885AB26}"> <File Id="Ari_WWUimg" Name="Ari_WWU.ico" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\Ari_WWU.ico" /> </Component> <Component Id="auto" Guid="{9625F82B-B206-40E6-9310-8D46563E20C6}"> <File Id="auto" Name="auto.png" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\auto.png" /> </Component> <Component Id="info" Guid="{DDCBB410-77DD-49C9-9372-98DD2747121E}"> <File Id="infoimg" Name="info.png" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\info.png" /> </Component> <Component Id="manual" Guid="{4F8768A8-E44C-4781-9680-95CAC631CFB7}"> <File Id="manualimg" Name="manual.png" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\manual.png" /> </Component> <Component Id="off" Guid="{702551D4-34DD-4B1B-B4F6-614DEFA4542A}"> <File Id="offimg" Name="off.png" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\off.png" /> </Component> <Component Id="on" Guid="{7682A68D-712B-4F70-9EE2-FB4F0E04947D}"> <File Id="onimg" Name="on.png" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\on.png" /> </Component> <Component Id="refresh" Guid="{9815CA13-659C-466D-B759-5EF557069D1B}"> <File Id="refreshimg" Name="refresh.png" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)image\refresh.png" /> </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> <Fragment> <Icon Id="WWU_UI.exe" SourceFile="$(var.WWU_UI.TargetDir)WWU_UI.exe"/> </Fragment> </Wix>