Installation special folders

A few special folders are used during installation and is formatted like this [<SpecialFolderName>] in the text. For complete list of the special folders, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.specialfolder.

The following lists a few special folders and the values to which they typically resolve:

Special folder name	Typical value	Description
CommonApplicationData	C:\ProgramData	The directory that serves as a common repository for application-specific data that is used by all users.
CommonStartMenu	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu	The file system directory that contains the programs and folders that appear on the Start menu for all users.
LocalApplicationData	C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local	The directory that serves as a common repository for application-specific data that is used by the current, non-roaming user.
ProgramFiles	C:\Program Files	The Program Files directory.
ProgramFilesX86	C:\Program Files (x86)	The 32-bit Program Files directory.
StartMenu	C:\Users\<username>\AppData \Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu	The directory that contains the current user's Start menu items.

In addition to the special folder names listed above we also use the special name [INSTALLDIR] to represent the directory used to install GenusLauncher.exe. For an administrative installation, common for all users on a computer, this defaults to [ProgramFiles]\Genus\Launcher. For a per user installation this is always [LocalApplicationData]\GenusLauncher.