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.NET installation project and copying files

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DevonTaig

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May 2, 2001
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I have created a .NET installation project. In the install, I need to place a text file at a special location on the client machine. I have included the text file with the installer, and it installs fine into the normal path that the user browses for during the installation. But, the text file must also be copied to a location derived from a lookup in clients registry (H_KEY_CURRENT_USER/....

(1) How do get a value from the clients registry during the installation process so that I know where the file goes?
(2) Once I know that, how do I copy the text file to that location...in other words, how do I know where the text file has been installed on the client machine?
 
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