Inno Setup constant for 'ProgramData' directory

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I want my setup program to copy some files into the Windows ProgramData directory, I see that most Windows directories have pre-defined constants already defined in the Inno Setup documentation, however I can't see one for ProgramData.

Therefore I am planning to use something like:

{sd}\ProgramData\MyCompany\MyApp

Is this the correct/best way to deploy to this directory using Inno Setup? It just seems odd to me that there is no constant for the ProgramData directory.

Martin Prikryl · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-20 07:11:01Z

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It's the {commonappdata} constant.

It's named so, because historically (Windows XP) the path used to be C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data (now that's a symbolic link to the C:\ProgramData).

And for the same reason, using the {sd}\ProgramData is not the correct way.

edited May 20, 2020 at 7:11

answered Sep 23, 2016 at 8:00

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