I have a question on how we "should" structure the directories for our
software (for loose values of "should").
Is there a guideline that prefers one of the following over the other,
given the company ACME and the program WidetApp, or is it just
tradition etc.?
1) C:\Program Files\ACME\WidgetApp
2) C:\Program Files\WidgetApp
3) C:\Program Files\ACME WidgetApp
I see in the WiX 3.0 documentation #2, i.e.
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Name="My Application
Name" ...
Gabor Deak Jahn's wonderful WiX tutorial has, #1 for example:
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
<Directory Id="Acme" Name="Acme">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="Foobar 1.0">
If I'm interpreting the output of heat, I see #1.
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">
<Directory Id="dirGUID1" Name="Acme" />
...
<Fragment>
<DirectoryRef Id="dirGUID1">
<Directory Id="dirGUID2" Name="WidgetApp" />
If I look at my Windows Vista Start button, I see many instances of #3
in the form Microsoft Foo or Windows Bar.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007
...
Windows Calendar
Windows Contacts
...
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