[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]
The following properties are defined by the Microsoft® Windows® installer. Additional properties can be specified by authored data or custom actions. Properties whose names are entirely uppercase can be specified on the command line.
The following list provides links to more information about the component locations properties:
SOURCEDIR Property
TARGETDIR Property
The following list provides links to more information about the feature installation options properties:
ADDLOCAL Property
ADVERTISE Property
ADDDEFAULT Property
ADDSOURCE Property
REMOVE Property
REINSTALL Property
COMPADDLOCAL Property
COMPADDSOURCE Property
FILEADDLOCAL Property
FILEADDSOURCE Property
PATCH Property
The following list provides links to more information about other configurable properties:
ACTION Property
ALLUSERS Property
ALLOWSUSPEND Property
ARPNOMODIFY Property
ARPNOREMOVE Property
CCP_DRIVE Property
EXECUTEACTION Property
EXECUTEMODE Property
INSTALLLEVEL Property
LOGACTION Property
LOGFILE Property
LOGMODE Property
REBOOT Property
ROOTDRIVE Property
SCRIPTFILE Property
SHORTFILENAMES Property
TRANSFORMS Property
LIMITUI Property
The following list provides links to more information about user-supplied information.
AdminProperties Property
COMPANYNAME Property
ProductID Property
PIDKEY Property
USERNAME Property
PRODUCTLANGUAGE Property
The following list provides links to more information about product-specific properties specified in the property table:
ProductCode Property
ProductName Property
ProductVersion Property
Manufacturer Property
PIDTemplate Property
DiskPrompt Property
DiskSerial Property
ComponentDownload Property
SupportPhone Property
SupportURL Property
LeftUnit Property
UpgradeCode Property
The following list provides links to more information about system folders set by the installer at setup.
AppDataFolder Property
CommonFilesFolder Property
DesktopFolder Property
FavoritesFolder Property
FontsFolder Property
NetHoodFolder Property
PersonalFolder Property
PrintHoodFolder Property
ProgramFilesFolder Property
ProgramMenuFolder Property
RecentFolder Property
SendToFolder Property
StartMenuFolder Property
StartupFolder Property
System16Folder Property
SystemFolder Property
TempFolder Property
TemplateFolder Property
WindowsFolder Property
WindowsVolume Property
The following list provides links to more information about operating system properties set by the installer at startup.
AdminUser Property
ComputerName Property
LogonUser Property
ServicePackLevel Property
SharedWindows Property
Version9X Property
VersionDatabase Property
VersionNT Property
WindowsBuild Property
The following list provides links to more information about hardware properties set by the installer at startup.
Alpha Property
BorderSide Property
BorderTop Property
CaptionHeight Property
ColorBits Property
Intel Property
PhysicalMemory Property
ScreenX Property
ScreenY Property
TextHeight Property
VirtualMemory Property
The following list provides links to more information about status properties that are updated by the installer during installation.
CostingComplete Property
Installed Property
OutOfDiskSpace Property
Preselected Property
Resume Property
UpdateStarted Property