I prefer to us a RegistryValue as the KeyPath.
<Component Id="CreateTheAppFolder">
<CreateFolder Directory="MyAppDataFolder" />
<RegistryValue Root="HKMU" Key="MyAppRegKey" Name="CreateTheAppFolder"
Value="[MyAppDataFolder]" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" />
</Component>
The name and value could be anything, such as the path to the folder or the
app's version, but the registry value gets used as the KeyPath for the
component, allowing the GUID to be auto generated. I would rather take the
hit, I assume, of creating this registry entry rather than managing a GUID
manually. I am also interested in advice on a better approach.
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