Installed location for CrystalReports10_NET_EmbeddedReporting.msm merge module?

I'm installing the CrystalReports10_NET_EmbeddedReporting.msm merge module. In a typical installation, this puts a bunch of files in:
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Crystal Decisions\2.5\
However, in different environments, such as some Terminal Server setups, the files may get installed to a different location.<!break> How can I tell, programmatically, where these files will be or have been installed? The merge module 'decides' for itself, and I don't know how it determines where those files go and therefore, how to find them programmatically, at run time.

The files will always get installed under the "program files" directory. One way to check for the actual path is to look in the registry;
HKLM\software\crystal decisions\10.0\crystal reports
Look for the "Common files path". If you install on the "C" drive, the path will be c:\program files\common files\crystal decisions\2.5\bin.
Ludek

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