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Asked: 2026-05-20T14:19:19+00:00

I have a Visual studio C# project and I have an installer that installs

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I have a Visual studio C# project and I have an installer that installs the files into whatever directory the user specifies. I also have another installer with localized language resources and I want that to be installed in the aforementioned directory.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on this? I think I have to do something with registry keys but I don’t know what to do.

Edit: For the record, I found this page: How to: Use a Registry Launch Condition to Specify a Target Directory. And I followed the instructions and it did what I wanted it to do.

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    Typically, you would create a registry subkey and value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ and then just read that key back in your second installer to decide where to put that.

    Something like HKLM\SOFTWARE\MyApplication,

    Then you make a string value called InstallPath and write the path from your first installer there.

    Depending on what you’re doing, you may want to have a look at merge modules for installing several components with one MSI.

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