Using Dirids in .inf files

Using Dirids @ Microsoft

Value	Destination Directory
01	SourceDrive:\pathname (the directory from which the INF file was installed)
10	Windows directory %windir%.
11	System directory %windir%\system32
12	Drivers directory %windir%\system32\drivers
17	INF file directory
18	Help directory
20	Fonts directory
21	Viewers directory
23	Color directory (ICM) (not used for installing printer drivers)
24	Root directory of the system disk. This is the root directory of the disk on which Windows files are installed. For example, if dirid 10 is "C:\winnt", then dirid 24 is "C:\".
25	Shared directory
30	Root directory of the boot disk, also known as "ARC system partition," for NT-based systems. (This might or might not be the same directory as the one represented by dirid 24.)
50	System directory for NT-based operating systems %windir%\system
51	Spool directory (not used for installing printer drivers − see Printer Dirids)
52	Spool drivers directory (not used for installing printer drivers)
53	User profile directory
54	Directory where ntldr.exe and osloader.exe are located (NT-based systems only)
55	Print processors directory (not used for installing printer drivers)
-1	Absolute path

Dirid values from 16384 through 32767 are reserved for special shell folders. The following table shows dirid values for these folders.

Value	Shell Special Folder
16406	All Users\Start Menu
16407	All Users\Start Menu\Programs
16408	All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
16409	All Users\Desktop
16415	All Users\Favorites
16419	All Users\Application Data
16422	Program Files
16425	%WinDir%\System32 (valid for Microsoft Win32 user-mode applications running under Windows on Windows (WOW64))
16426	Program Files (valid for Win32 user-mode applications running under WOW64)
16427	Program Files\Common
16428	Program Files\Common (valid for Win32 user-mode applications running under WOW64)
16429	All Users\Templates
16430	All Users\Documents