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hiccup7 opened this issue Mar 31, 2023 · 3 comments
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How can I avoid the extra install folder layer? #1210

hiccup7 opened this issue Mar 31, 2023 · 3 comments
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hiccup7 commented Mar 31, 2023

When I installed Winpython64-3.10.9.0rc.exe, I chose the install folder as "C:\Program Files\WinPython-3.10.9.0rc".
When I installed Winpython64-3.10.9.0.exe, I chose the install folder as "C:\Program Files\WinPython-3.10.9.0".
In both cases, the 7-Zip installer created only one folder below the install folder named "WPy64-31090", and all other folders and executables are under "WPy64-31090".
When WinPython used to use NSIS, this extra "WPy64-31090" folder layer did not exist.
How can I avoid this extra "WPy64-31090" folder layer with the 7-Zip installer? Especially because I have no control about its name.

I have both WinPython versions installed at the same time, so chosing the install folder as "C:\Program Files" wouldn't work because both would install to "C:\Program Files\WPy64-31090".
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it would require to replace the command

"%SEVENZIP_EXE%" -mx5 a "%MyBinaryOutputDir%\%OutputBaseFilename%.exe" %DISTDIR% -sfx7z.sfx

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"%SEVENZIP_EXE%" -mx5 a "%MyBinaryOutputDir%\%OutputBaseFilename%.exe" %DISTDIR%\* -sfx7z.sfx

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stonebig commented Apr 25, 2023 •
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but then there is no default directory proposed per the "basic 7zip" interactive extractor, making it easy to mess up between two installs, and that was not looking pertinent for beginners.

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stonebig commented May 4, 2025

Also, winpython being just a tree of directory, you can just move everything one level upward after the standard extraction... 2 "move" dos command ?

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