saurabhagarwal
16th May 2005 14:27 UTC

Finding path of "Application Data" folder in user's machine
Hi!

While uninstalling I need to delete some files from user's machine. These files are there in the following path
C:\Documents and Settings\develop\Application Data\MyFolder\abc.txt

Upto "Application Data" we have system folders. MyFolder is user created folder. I need to delete file abc.txt from this folder.

Now problem is that the path to Application Data folder may be different in different machines. Then how can I delete this file.

Any any help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Saurabh

Yathosho
16th May 2005 14:51 UTC

$APPDATA
The application data directory. Detection of the current user path requires Internet Explorer 4 and above. Detection of the all users path requires Internet Explorer 5 and above. The context of this constant (All Users or Current user) depends on the SetShellVarContext setting. The default is the current user.

restools
16th May 2005 15:25 UTC

--Now problem is that the path to Application Data folder may be different in different machines

......
......

Section install
  SetOutPath "$APPDATA\MyFolder"
  File "abc1.txt"
  File "abc2.txt"
  File "abc3.txt"
  FileOpen $0 $INSTDIR\Inst.log w
  FileWrite $0 "$APPDATA\MyFolder\abc1.txt$\r$\n"
  FileWrite $0 "$APPDATA\MyFolder\abc2.txt$\r$\n"
  FileWrite $0 "$APPDATA\MyFolder\abc3.txt$\r$\n"
  FileClose $0
SectionEnd

......
......

Section Uninstall
  FileOpen $0 $INSTDIR\Inst.log r
  read:
  FileRead $0 $1
  IfErrors close
  Delete "$1"
  Goto read
  close:
  FileClose $0
SectionEnd