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copied!<p>You can make IExpress put files into subdirectories using <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff553615(v=vs.85).aspx#creating_a_command_line_script" rel="nofollow">a technique described by Microsoft</a>. In your <em>install program</em>, you’d need to do something similar to:</p> <pre><code>@md i386 @xcopy /q /y toastva.exe i386\. @xcopy /q /y tostrcls.dll i386\. @xcopy /q /y tostrco2.dll i386\. @xcopy /q /y toaster.sys i386\. </code></pre> <p>(You could use <code>move /y</code> instead of <code>xcopy</code>, if that’s what you wanted to do.)</p> <p>This is due to a technical limitation in the way IExpress generates its CAB file. IExpress generates a DDF file which is read by <code>makecab.exe</code>; this file places all source files in the same destination folder. Thus each source file must have a unique name, regardless of its source directory.</p> <p>While <code>makecab.exe</code> itself supports subdirectories, the input DDF file is generated on-the-fly by IExpress, so it would be difficult (if not impossible) to intercept it and make changes before <code>makecab.exe</code> reads it.</p> <hr> <p>But honestly, if you need subdirectories (and sub-subdirectories…) then you might want to consider using a "real" installer maker. Some examples in no particular order:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php" rel="nofollow">Inno Setup</a></li> <li><a href="http://nsis.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">NSIS</a></li> <li><a href="http://wixtoolset.org/" rel="nofollow">WiX</a></li> </ul>

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