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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:30:48+00:00

I am writing an installer for our application. It needs to place some dll’s

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I am writing an installer for our application. It needs to place some dll’s in the Win32 folder. On XP and later, the Win32 folder is usually located at C:\WINDOWS\system32. On Windows 2000, it seems that the folder is located at C:\WINNT\System32.

I have written my installer using InstallShieldLE. The [WindowsFolder] usually expands to C:\WINDOWS and then the System32 below that completes the path to C:\WINDOWS\system32. However, it does not expand to C:\WINNT\System32 on Windows 2000. Any ideas on how I can get this to work.

The images below show the current directory structure I am using, and the bottom picture shows all the possible selections.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should take a look at the SystemFolder Property. However you should also be aware that it’s generally bad form to deploy files to this directory these days. Certainly not a best practice. Also beaware of x86 vs x64 as described in the link.

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