SetOutPath on non-English OS

Anders · 25th February 2016, 22:15

Allow me to clarify something. Before Vista the %programfiles% folder path/name comes from the language of Windows you have (Document and Settings might be localized as well). In Vista and later it is always "x:\Program Files" but Explorer might display it as a different name but that is just the shell lying to you, the name at the filesystem level is always in English on these systems.

There might be some compatibility symlinks/junctions in the drive root that also redirects to the correct folder but you should not count on this.

See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20120208...8/1487464.aspx

25th February 2016, 22:15	#3
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,442	Allow me to clarify something. Before Vista the %programfiles% folder path/name comes from the language of Windows you have (Document and Settings might be localized as well). In Vista and later it is always "x:\Program Files" but Explorer might display it as a different name but that is just the shell lying to you, the name at the filesystem level is always in English on these systems. There might be some compatibility symlinks/junctions in the drive root that also redirects to the correct folder but you should not count on this. See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20120208...8/1487464.aspx IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

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