MOVE FILE AND DUPLICATE FILE

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This table contains a list of files to be moved or copied from a specified source directory to a specified destination directory.

The MoveFile table has the following columns. FileKey Component SourceName DestName SourceFolder

DestFolder
Options

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You can add an operation to copy or move a file on the destination computer during installation. This operation affects files that are already on the destination computer, not files that are part of the installation.

You might copy or move files on the destination computer to reorganize the location of the installation files in a new release.

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Example:
Your application installed graphic files to C:\Program Files\Application\Graphics, but your latest release installs them to C:\My Documents\Application. You can add an operation to copy or move the existing graphic files from the old directory to the new directory.

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nSource Directory
Specify the directory on the destination computer where the file is located or create a new subdirectory. To create a new subdirectory, select a directory and click New Folder.

nSource File Name

Specify the name of the file to be copied or moved. You can use wildcards to select multiple files or you can mark All Files to select all files in the selected directory.

nDest. Directory
Specify the directory on the destination computer to copy or move the file to or create a new subdirectory. To create a new subdirectory, select a directory and click New Folder.

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To rename files on the destination computer, make the source and destination directory the same.

nDest. File Name

To change the name of a file when it is copied or moved, specify the new name.

To leave the file name unchanged when it is copied or moved, leave this field blank. This also works when you use wildcards in the Source File Name field to select multiple files.

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The DuplicateFile table contains a list of files that are to be duplicated, either to a different directory than the original file or to the same directory but with a different name. The original file must be a file installed by the InstallFiles action. FileKey Component

File
DestName DestFolder

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Duplicate files are files that must be copied to more than one location during installation. According to Windows Installer rules, you cannot install the same file multiple times. The Duplicate File icon lets you:

lPlace the same file in different directories.

lPlace a file in the same directory with a different name.

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The Duplicate File icon, located on the Features and Components tabs, shows duplicate files for the selected feature or component.

Duplicate files are files that must be copied to more than one location during installation. According to Windows Installer rules, you cannot add the same file multiple times. The Duplicate File icon lets you place the same file in different directories, or place a file in the same directory with a different name.

You can create a duplicate file entry only for files that are already in the installation.

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Example
Suppose you want to install a .DLL in both your application directory and the System32 directory. First add the .DLL file to your application directory. Then create a Duplicate File item, which copies the .DLL from the application directory to the System32 directory.

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