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Creating Directories

In some cases we have to create new directories without actually installing any file into them. Here is how:

<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
  <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder" Name="PFiles">
    <Directory Id="test" Name="test">
      <Component Id="test" Guid="YOURGUID-4884-4A01-AA04-84B92D222428"
        SharedDllRefCount="no" KeyPath="no" NeverOverwrite="no" Permanent="no" Transitive="no"
        Win64="no" Location="either">
        <CreateFolder/>
      </Component>
    </Directory>
  </Directory>
</Directory>

<Feature Id="test" Title="testfolder" Level="1">
  <ComponentRef Id="test"/>
</Feature>