How to add folders and files in to MSI and how to access that added files in to custom action of MSI

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Published on 2010-05-24T05:45:36Z Indexed on 2010/05/24 5:51 UTC
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Actually I want add some folders and files to MSI. Through custom action i want to copy that added folders and files to some destination/target folder.

Any Help please???

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