r - What's the easiest way to install 100s of files in a Visual Studio setup project -

I have standard c # applications that act as a GUI front end for "R" data engine "R "Nearly 600 files are kept in approximately 50 separate folders and can be" installed "via Exxp deployment on one machine.

I do not need both R engine and my C # .x so that the user r and first time RC and then install my C # app.

I know that I can prepare a setup project and add one to one file in R files, adding all 600 files will be very tedious!

Do I want to have an easy way of doing that? Can I add a single R folder and add it to save subfolders and files in one by one? Or maybe there is an unzip process in my setup project that wants to open R engine once?

You can only drag / drop folders into Windows Explorer in the file system view of your installer vdproj . All files and folders in the hierarchy will be added to your setup project.

Tip: If the folders are in SVN or similar source control, before you delete all the hidden folders! If you have PowerShell, check

  get-childitem - contact _svn -force -recurse | Foreach ($ _) {remove-item -recurse -force $ _. Fullname}  

Or you can always use Windows Search to find all the hidden directories in the hierarchy and delete them from the results window