Joe:

The following KB article contains information about the registry location
for the Workgroup templates.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;889495

Generally, although I don't know all of your specifics (version of Visual
Studio, Office, etc.), you can use the Registry Installation Editor to write
registry values , and the Launch Conditions Editor to read registry values.
The following KB article has more information.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827026


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"joe215" wrote in message
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I want to create an installation program in Visual Basic.NET to install
Excel
templates on a user's computer system. That's no problem, but I also need
to
see if the user already has a Microsoft Office Workgroup Templates location
identified. If they do, then I want the Excel templates to be installed in
that directory. If they don't, I want to set the Workgroup Templates
location programmatically.

So, what namespace and class allows me to read and change the Workgroup
Templates location?

Thanks,
joe