There might be a way to do this within the Visual Studio Installer, I forget right now...but...there is this handy little sucker called ORCA that comes on the Platform SDK CD. It allows you to go out and manually edit the .msi file (table) and make changes like this. One thing that pisses me off is that if you create a shortcut on the desktop there is no way within the VSI to tell it the 'start-in' directory, which I think is kinda IMPORTANT...so I have to use the ORCA thingy for each setup I create just to do that.

>Hi All,
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>I'm I just lost or is it possible that Microsoft has decided that if I use Visual Studio Installer to deploy my apps, that I must choose to place my application folder within four predetermined locations?
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>Can I use Visual Studio Installer and still install my application's folder directly off the root folder (i.e. C:\MYTHING vs C:\PROGRAM FILES\MYTHING?) This is driving me nuts!
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>If I don't disable the dialog that allows the user to select the installation directory and location, it WILL go where I need it to go. However, I am building an installation for a specific group of users, all of which will need the app installed into a specific location off the root. I don't want to allow them to change the installation location, but I also don't want my application folder to be inside one of the four choices given in the Installer options. WOOHOO another fine day! lol
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>Any suggestions are appreciated,