如何配置.NET安装项目以将文件复制到网络映射的驱动器？

Question

I have created a Setup project in VS 2010 for a windows forms project. The application installs to C:\\Program Files correctly. I have some configuration files that needs to be copied to a network mapped drive (I:\\ drive). How do I achieve this?

Below are the steps followed: 1. Setup project --> View --> File System 1. Add Special folder 2. Custom folder 3. Copied all the configuration files to the custom folder. 4. Custom folder --> DefaultLocation (property) --> [I:]\\

Am I doing something wrong here?

Answer 1

I don't believe you can do this for two reasons:

1. The install runs with the system account which doesn't normally have access to the network.

2. Mapped drive letters are not system-wide. They are specific to the user context that created them, so the system account has no idea of an I: drive created by another user. A share mapping that doesn't use drives such as \\server\\share\\location might work if point 1 can be overcome.

In these case it's usually better to copy the files when your app first runs as part of a configuration step.