Question

I have a windows setup project that installs a service. All works well except for one thing: The default directory offered to the user during install is of the form ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft\ProgramName’. I am trying to modify this so that instead of ‘Microsoft’ we would have our company’s name.

I found the application folder property of the setup project, and it has a DefaultLocation property of ‘[ProgramFilesFolder][Manufacturer][ProductName]’. So, it looks like all I need to do is set the ‘Manufacturer’ property and I’ll be all set. However, I can not find a way to set this property! I had hoped it would take it from the company name in the AssemblyInfo of the primary output project, but it did not.

I could remove ‘[Manufacturer]’ from the DefaultLocation and replace it with our literal company name, but that seems like a hack.

How do I set the Manufacturer name?

Note that I am not using a full-blown WiX project. I have simply added a windows setup project to my solution.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

Click on your setup project in Visual Studio, open the Properties and you will notice that there are a number of Properties that you can set like Manufacturer, SupportURL, etc.