How to install file in application data in installation project (C #)

Question

I want to install my database in a separate folder (@C: \ Users \ User1 \ AppData \ Roaming \ Company1 \ database.mdb)

I am using a C # installation project.

How can i do this?

Answer 1

• Right-click the project and choose View → File System
• on the screen of the new file system, right-click the root directory of the node (File system on the target machine) and select Add a special folder → User applications data folder
• Select the newly added folder from the tree and create any subfolder structure that you need.
• Finally, select the destination folder, right-click Add → File and select the .mddb file.

Answer 2

Right-click the installation project → View → File System. Then you can add a custom folder and set its default location to [CommonAppDataFolder] :

Then add the database file to this folder.