Copying And Moving Files On The Destination Computer - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Copying and Moving Files on the Destination Computer

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Remove During
Specify when the file should be removed: during install, uninstall, or both install
and uninstall.
3. Click OK.
The operation to remove a file from the destination computer appears, preceded by
On the Files or Web Files page, the entry's Type column contains "Remove."
To edit it, double-click its name. To delete it, use the right-click menu.
See also:
Files or Web Files Page on page 105
Installation Directories on page 108
Files or Web Files Page Icons
Adding Files to an Installation
You can add an operation to copy or move a file on the destination computer during
installation. This operation affects files that are already on the destination computer, not
files that are part of the installation.
You might copy or move files on the destination computer to reorganize the location of
the installation files in a new release. Example: Your application installed graphic files to
C:\Program Files\Application\Graphics, but your latest release installs them to C:\My
Documents\Application. You can add an operation to copy or move the existing graphic
files from the old directory to the new directory.
Warning
Be very careful when moving files on the destination computer. Do not move files unless
you are sure that they are not used by another application.
To copy and move files on the destination computer
1. Do one of the following:
Select Installation Expert > Files or Web Files page.
a. From Current Feature, select a feature or condition. (Because any item you
add must be assigned to a specific feature, you cannot add an item when All
Features is selected.)
Items that you add to a feature are installed on the destination computer
only if the feature is installed. Items that you add to a condition are installed
only if the feature is installed and the condition is true.
b. Click Operation below the lower-right list box and select Copy File or Move
File.
In Setup Editor, on the Components or Features tab, right-click a component or
feature, select New, and select Copy File or Move File.
The Copy File Details or Move File Details dialog box appears.
2. Complete the dialog box:
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