Individual File Properties

While global settings define default behavior, you can override properties for individual files — place them in specific system directories, extract them conditionally, or prevent them from being uninstalled.

1. Open the File Manager.
2. Select the file(s) to modify.
3. Click Properties in the toolbar, or double-click / right-click for the context menu.

By default, files extract to the Main Destination Folder. You can override this per file:

Control whether a file is extracted at runtime based on a variable value:

1. In the File Properties editor, enter a Boolean variable name (e.g. %EXTRACT_DOCS%).
2. Use Custom Actions earlier in the flow to set it to 1 (extract) or 0 (skip).

Scenario	Behavior
Component variable only	File extracts if the component is selected
Conditional variable only	File extracts if the variable is 1
Both defined	Conditional variable takes precedence — the file extracts if its variable is 1, even if the parent component is not selected

If you have enabled the Package Uninstaller, you can set “Do not remove the file” for user-generated data, log files, or shared components that should remain on the system after removal.

Right-click files in the File Manager and select Clear Files Properties to revert all custom settings (destination, condition, uninstaller) to default behavior.