DestinationDirs

The DestinationDirs section defines the destination directories for the operations specified in file-list sections (Copy Files, Rename Files, or Delete Files). As an option, you can specify a default destination directory for any Copy Files, Rename Files, or Delete Files sections in the INF file that are not explicitly named in the DestinationDirs section.

[DestinationDirs]
file-list-section=drid[,subdir]
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[DefaultDestDir=drid[,subdir]]

file-list-section

Name of a Copy Files, Rename Files, or Delete Files section. Typically, you will refer to this section in the CopyFiles, RenFiles, or DelFiles line of an Install section.

drid

A directory identifier (DRID). The installer replaces a DIRID with an actual name during installation.

A DIRID has the form %dirid% where dirid is one of the predefined identifiers or an identifier defined in the DestinationDirs section. When using a DIRID, you should use the backslash in a path. For example, %11%\card.ini can be used to reference card.ini in the system32 directory.

A DIRID can be one of the following values:

-01,
0xffff The directory from which the INF was installed.

01 SourceDrive:\path.

10 Windows directory.

11 System directory. (%windir%\system on Windows 95, %windir%\system32 on Windows NT)

12 Drivers directory.(%windir%\system32\drivers on Windows NT)

17 INF file directory.

18 Help directory.

20 Fonts directory.

21 Viewers directory.

24 Applications directory.

25 Shared directory.

30 Root directory of the boot drive.

50 %windir%\system

51 Spool directory.

52 Spool drivers directory.

53 User Profile directory.

54 Path to ntldr or OSLOADER.EXE

subdir

Name of the directory, within the directory named by drid, to be the destination directory.

The optional DefaultDestDir item provides a default destination for any CopyFiles items that use the direct copy (@filename) notation or any Copy Files, Rename Files, or Delete Files sections not specified in the DestinationDirs section. If a DefaultDestDir is not used in a DestinationDirs section, the default directory is set to drid_system.

This example sets the default directory for all the sections of the INF file to the drivers directory:

[DestinationDirs]
DefaultDestDir = 12 ; DIRID_DRIVERS

-01, 0xffff	The directory from which the INF was installed.
01	SourceDrive:\path.
10	Windows directory.
11	System directory. (%windir%\system on Windows 95, %windir%\system32 on Windows NT)
12	Drivers directory.(%windir%\system32\drivers on Windows NT)
17	INF file directory.
18	Help directory.
20	Fonts directory.
21	Viewers directory.
24	Applications directory.
25	Shared directory.
30	Root directory of the boot drive.
50	%windir%\system
51	Spool directory.
52	Spool drivers directory.
53	User Profile directory.
54	Path to ntldr or OSLOADER.EXE

DestinationDirs

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