Thanks for the pointer.
Managed to get the following to do it.
<Property Id="PROFILE">
<RegistrySearch Id='ProfileDirSearch' Type='directory'
Root='HKLM' Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\[UserSID]' Name='ProfileImagePath' />
</Property>
<Directory Id="PROFILE" Name="PROFILE">
...
</Directory>
/James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sébastien Mouren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 23 October 2008 15:02
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing into ProfileDIR
>
> 2008/10/23 Nord, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a need to install to a folder under the users profile (not
> > appdata or any common folder - just right in %USERPROFILE%) [I know
> > this is a bad thing to do but I have no option]
> >
> > I can't find a way to be able to do this and I need to have the
> > installer needs to be locale aware.
> >
> > How can I do that with WIX - unfortunatly the property is not
> > available to WIX.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> Registry search for shell folders inside HKCU, but this is ugly.
>
> > /James
> >
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