Why does 7zip Ignore my InstallPath when making a SFX installer?

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Published on 2010-04-02T20:09:58Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 20:13 UTC
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Currently, I am making a SFX with 7zip using the following config:

;!@Install@!UTF-8!
InstallPath="C:\\test"
GUIMode="2"
RunProgram="7z465.exe"
;!@InstallEnd@!

Which is used in:

copy /b "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zSD.sfx" + config.txt + ".\Release\Setup.7z" .\Release\Setup.exe

When I run the resulting Setup.exe, It extracts fine and launches the 7z465.exe as well, but it is still extracting to some 7zip temp folder for the current user! Anyone have any idea why?

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