The installer no longer asks where to install the program. This is bad practice.
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Why? I usually install in Program Files / Program Files (x86) only those programs that are integrated into the system (for example, Windows resets file associations if the program is installed in another location). And all the rest are in another folder C:\MyPrograms - this allows them to maintain a certain amount of portability when the settings are written to the program folder, which is quite convenient if I have to reinstall Windows.
The installer is using the directory where you had this program installed previously. The directory picker will show up if you don't have it installed.
This is the standard InnoSetup behavior.
To change the installation directory, simply uninstall the program and install it again. The directory picker should appear. After that, every subsequent installation will use the new directory.
This is still stupid, the installer should suggest the same location, and not make the decision for the user. For example, the GOG installer is also based on InnoSetup, but it offers the last folder that was used to install games: that is, not C:\Games\Ghostrunner, but C:\Games and then the name of the new game. This is really correct and convenient.
With InnoSetup installers, you can use the /DIR argument to specify a path.
For example:
xl-converter-win-1.0.1-x86_64.exe /DIR="C:\Program Files\XL Converter 1.0.1"Alternatively, you can extract every XL Converter installer with innoextract.
I'll work on improving the installer.
In the next version, the installer will always allow you to choose a directory (even if another version is already installed).