I've just created a new package for a product we're about to upgrade.
I see that it doesn't create its desktop shortcut until repair is run. We are
not creating the (unadvertised) shortcut in any way that is new; it does
exactly what the old ones did. I have looked at a few versions back and
: September-30-14 4:22 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts redux
I've just created a new package for a product we're about to upgrade.
I see that it doesn't create its desktop shortcut until repair is run. We are
not creating the (unadvertised) shortcut in any way
I noticed that one of my installation packages (which I was internally testing
prior to sending it for testing more broadly) seemingly failed to install its
shortcuts because there were too many icons on the desktop (in grid mode)
already. (I figured this bizarreness out by cleaning some stuff
Hi,
I have been tasked to develop this (below)for a msi setup program:
I have a setup that has 10 instance transforms embedded in it. Help files are
installed to a common location (this is not duplicated across all the
instances, there is just one copy of the help files). I need to make one
: 6. nóvember 2011 14:21
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in the All Users Start Menu
On 05-Nov-11 17:50, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
Has no-one else had this problem that users can't click on shortcuts placed
in the start menu when the ALLUSERS property
On 05-Nov-11 17:50, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
Has no-one else had this problem that users can't click on shortcuts placed
in the start menu when the ALLUSERS property is set to 1? Maybe it is
relevant but this is happening on Windows 7 32-bit, I don't have an
oppertunity to test how
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Not being able to modify the shortcut is what I
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From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com]
Sent: 3. nóvember 2011 01:19
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in the All Users Start Menu
On 02-Nov-11 09:10, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
I have a wix project that places a shortcut in a subfolder in the users
Hi,
I have a wix project that places a shortcut in a subfolder in the users start
menu, when I change the source to set the ALLUSERS property to 1 I get the
shortcut in the correct place but the permissions of the shortcut are incorrect
resulting in users not having access to the shortcut.
On 02-Nov-11 09:10, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
I have a wix project that places a shortcut in a subfolder in the users start
menu, when I change the source to set the ALLUSERS property to 1 I get the
shortcut in the correct place but the permissions of the shortcut are
incorrect
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts question
Hi Phil,
Thanks for your response. Do you recommend editing the record filed at runtime
with the required value or creating a new record with the required value at
runtime?
Are there any issues
, July 25, 2011 11:18 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts question
That works only when the corresponding field in the MSI is Formatted type. It
may work if you update the in-memory MSI file with the required value prior
Hi,
In the Shortcut table of the msi, I want to use a property (ST_NAME) for the
Name column.
The shortcut I am creating is shortcut to an IIS Virtual directory. The setup
could change this location based on user input, so I want the shortcut name to
reflect this change.
I am finding that if I
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Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts question
Hi,
In the Shortcut table of the msi, I want to use a property (ST_NAME) for the
Name column
In my install I'm creating a number of shortcuts. They are also
automatically appearing in the Start Menu list of recently opened programs.
Is there a way to prevent them appearing on this list?
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Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts
Hmm, WiX supports this but isn't this only supported with misexec 5.0 ?
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Recent Programs list
Or add
Where to copy companion files(path of companion files) for File
element's CompanionFiles.
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:13:40 +
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Recent Programs list
Hmm, WiX supports this but isn't this only supported with misexec 5.0
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Hmm, WiX supports this but isn't this only supported with misexec 5.0 ?
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Yes, but the original question applied to Windows 7 which is MSI 5.0.
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:11:21 +
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Recent Programs list
Well I can confirm it does not cause an error on Windows XP
However it does not appear to work for me on Windows 7
Name
22, 2011 10:48 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Recent Programs list
That's weird, according to
this: http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/doc/Helpnet/installshield16helplib_sp1/SettingShellShtctProp.htm and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Recent Programs list
Would the version
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Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Recent Programs list
In my install I'm creating a number of shortcuts. They are also
automatically appearing in the Start Menu list of recently opened programs
://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/24/496690.aspx
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What does the verbose log file say?
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:44 AM, James Green james.gr...@lalpac.com wrote:
Hi All,
I've just followed this example
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm to
the
letter in my own script but still no short cut. Do I need
Hi All,
I've just followed this example
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm to the
letter in my own script but still no short cut. Do I need to be doing
something else for this to work on Windows 7?
Thanks,
James
LalPac Limited registered in England
@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] shortcuts
Hi,
I have 6 shortcuts for 6 files and they are in the order 1,2,3,4,5,6.
But
on installing 3 is coming after 1st instead of 2. Should we specify the
order?
Please do let me know what's going wrong here?
Regards, Subramanyeswari
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Hi,
I have 6 shortcuts for 6 files and they are in the order 1,2,3,4,5,6. But
on installing 3 is coming after 1st instead of 2. Should we specify the
order?
Please do let me know what's going wrong here?
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application for a file
type than user B, but is there any way of forcing this?
Cheers
Nick
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts for peruser
I'm not the expert (yet smile/) to
ask.
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From: Nick Ball [mailto:nick.b...@grantadesign.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:47 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts for peruser/permachine
H... I've rejigged
Hi All,
I've read the How To in the WiX documentation on this, but I am
confused. My application is typically installed by administrator, yet
students need to be able to log on and use it, so it makes sense to make
the installer perMachine. The example of how to create a shortcut,
however,
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Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:25 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts for peruser/permachine
Hi All,
I've read the How To in the WiX documentation on this, but I am
confused. My application is typically installed by administrator
Hi,
I add a start menu item from the msi. I create a quick launch item by right
clicking on that start menu item.
When I uninstall the msi, the start menu item gets removed. But not the
quick launch icon. Is there a way that I can remove it as well? (I don't
need to install quick launch from the
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Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts do not get removed
Hi,
I add a start menu item from the msi. I create a quick launch item by
right clicking on that start menu item.
When I uninstall
: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in Votive
Wright, Lance wrote:
On the properties page for the Votive project there is a property
InstallAllUsers.
Which version of Votive? There's no such string in v3.0.
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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:29 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in Votive
Wright, Lance wrote:
On the properties page for the Votive project
: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in Votive
Are you sure you are talking about Votive (.wixproj) and not Setup project
(.vdproj)?
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Wright, Lance lance.wri...@cobham.comwrote:
The version of Votive I am using comes w/ WIX 3.0.5217.0.
There may be some confusion about which
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From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@wixtoolset.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:29 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in Votive
What
Wright, Lance wrote:
On the properties page for the Votive project there is a property
InstallAllUsers.
Which version of Votive? There's no such string in v3.0.
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Wright, Lance wrote:
I am trying to install shortcuts to files in my Setup project to the All
Users desktop. I have the InstallAllUsers flag set to True and the shortcuts
are in the 'User's Desktop' special folder. If an
I am trying to install shortcuts to files in my Setup project to the All Users
desktop. I have the InstallAllUsers flag set to True and the shortcuts are in
the 'User's Desktop' special folder. If an administrator installs the product,
the shortcuts appear on the All User's desktop. If a
: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 13:22
To: WiX Users Mailing List
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts to File / in another Feature /
Hi!
I'm trying to build an installer with two Feature /s: One is for the
core installation (which the user cannot deselect) and one is for an
expansion pack to my
Hi!
I'm trying to build an installer with two Feature /s: One is for the
core installation (which the user cannot deselect) and one is for an
expansion pack to my application. Now my problem is that the expansion
pack doesn't have a separate executable, it simply installs some
additional
2008/10/31 Arun Kumar A V [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, I am infact doing the per-machine mode for creating the UnInstall
shortcut . But the problem with HKCU key is, it wouldnt let met do
Advertise=Yes. Without advertise, my uninstall shortcut will not be removed
on
From what I tested, solutions I presented you allow:
-For a per-machine install, create an uninstall shortcut for all the
users of a computer wheter it is advertised or not. The main drawback
is an orphaned regkey in the deploying user profile if he doesn't
remove the apps himself.
Here is my
After turning on MSI logging, I found that my issue is more complicate.
The shortcut is created for a file installed in ALLUSER ( Per Machine) mode, so
I must set Advertise=yes on the shortcut as shown below. This turns out be
the problem later.
Component Id=SomeApp Guid =Guid
File
2008/10/30 Arun Kumar A V [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
After turning on MSI logging, I found that my issue is more complicate.
The shortcut is created for a file installed in ALLUSER ( Per Machine) mode,
so I must set Advertise=yes on the shortcut as shown below. This turns out
be the problem
The First link below, only talks about Uninstall shortcut for per-user mode,
this is what i followed to get to where iam now.
The Second link doesnt work. I did do extensive search on the mailing list
before posting it here again.
Any other ideas would help.thanks
Arun
2008/10/30 Arun Kumar A V [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The First link below, only talks about Uninstall shortcut for per-user mode,
this is what i followed to get to where iam now.
The Second link doesnt work. I did do extensive search on the mailing list
before posting it here again.
Any other
archive at Nabble.com.
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:51:51 +0100
From: S?bastien Mouren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes
MSI0
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
wix-users
I am creating some shortcuts in my Wix installer script under ALL USER, by
setting the property value to 1. My shortcuts do get created in
ProgramMenuFolder under All Users section, and are visible to all users,
irrespective of who installed it.
But, when a user (not the one who installed it)
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To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts created in ALLUSER mode invokes MSI installer
I am creating some shortcuts in my Wix installer script under ALL USER, by
setting the property value to 1. My shortcuts do
Dear All,
I hope you are fine and doing well.
I have used WiX 2 for creating the MSI, and managed so, but I had to change
to WiX 3 for some reasons. Now, I have some problems with shortcuts.
I created shortcuts by nesting shortcut elements inside the File Element and
managed to create the
Doug Payne wrote:
My application installs for ALLUSERS (ALLUSERS=1). I want to crate a
start menu shortcut which points to the product's root installation
folder. This implies that I want a non-advertised shortcut, since an
advertised shortcut points to the product feature, and launches the
My application installs for ALLUSERS (ALLUSERS=1). I want to crate a start menu
shortcut which points to the product's root installation folder. This implies
that I want a non-advertised shortcut, since an advertised shortcut points to
the product feature, and launches the key file of the
Is it possible to add a shortcut which is not for a file? I want to add
a URL shortcut as part of an installation.
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If by URL shortcut you mean an .url file, you can simply add the file to
the installation, or use the INI trick that was common on Inno Setup:
IniFile Id=NewIniFile1 Name=Fusionur LongName=Fusion.url
Action=addTag Section=InternetShortcut Key=URL
Value=http://www.fusion-online.com.ar;
Ward, Mike (MED US) wrote:
I think it pretty natural for someone to think the shortcuts would be
associated with the files here, not the component.
Generally, that's true, but not with advertised shortcuts.
I think some of this is just result of laziness. I didn't see a reason
to put the
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 5:15 AM
To: Wendell Joost
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components
Wendell,
Thanks for your reply.
The reason it surprised me is that the WiX didn't
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components
Interesting. Why do you think the WiX toolset should complain? Because
a shortcut with the same name is in two different Components?
(I'm not being critical, just wondering what algorithm you used to say
the duplicate shortcut was 'wrong' vs
, 2007 5:07 PM
To: Ward, Mike (MED US)
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components
You'll note that when you have 2 .exes in the same component that you
get a MSI validation error. The two shortcuts pointing to the first
.exe in the component problem you're seeing is a side effect
The following yields two shortcuts. Both shortcuts open
CRC.ReportDesigner.exe which is not desired.
Component Id=ReportBinaryComponents
Guid=AE8E1085-2F1A-43ce-B167-7A4E4888AFA1
File Id=CRC.ReportDesigner.exe
Name=CRC.ReportDesigner.exe
Dimmick
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To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components
The following yields two shortcuts. Both shortcuts open
CRC.ReportDesigner.exe
I am trying to add shortcuts to my WiX Installer (WiX V3.0.2420.0). These
shortcuts are both in a fragment .wxs file. The file candle's and lit's
with no errors or warnings.
This works:
Shortcut Id='TSB_Shortcut' Name='TestScriptBuilder'
Directory='StartMenuFolder'
Did you define a Directory with @Id ProgramMenuFolder?
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:33 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Properties
I am trying
Campbell; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and Properties
Did you define a Directory with @Id ProgramMenuFolder?
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:33 AM
To: wix
In wix 3, has there been a change to the creation of shortcuts?
Component Id='ExecutableFiles'
Guid='57E1279E-8C24-4ba0-BA34-FA4253886C52'
File Id='MatadorExe' Name='Matador.exe' Source='.\build\Matador.exe'
Vital='yes'
Shortcut Id='StartMenuShortcut' Directory='ProgramFilesFBBT'
Name='Matador
Patrick Steele wrote:
Shortcut Id='StartMenuShortcut' Directory='ProgramFilesFBBT'
Name='Matador 2.1'
WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon='Matador.ico' IconIndex='0'
Advertise='yes' /
From this code, after an install I get shortcuts created, but the Target
field of the shortcut properties
Patrick Steele wrote:
In wix 3, has there been a change to the creation of shortcuts?
Component Id='ExecutableFiles'
Guid='57E1279E-8C24-4ba0-BA34-FA4253886C52'
File Id='MatadorExe' Name='Matador.exe' Source='.\build\Matador.exe'
Vital='yes'
Shortcut Id='StartMenuShortcut'
Ok I'll try that out now, thanks fellas!
From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 28 February 2007 16:52
To: Patrick Steele
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts
Patrick Steele wrote:
In wix 3, has there been
I was not allowed to specify Target when the Shortcut was embedded
in the File... scope. However, I found out, that the shortcuts works
perfectly if the executable file is assigned its very own component.
That is, the exe-file should be the *only* file in this component.
This is somewhat
André Pönitz wrote:
One is not allowed to ignore ICE57 errors for Windows Vista
logo certification (even if everybody agrees that the errors
themselves are bogus and should be ignored ...)
I'd try to talk them into changing that..
Presumably they allow some ICE errors since some are
Tony Hoyle wrote:
André Pönitz wrote:
One is not allowed to ignore ICE57 errors for Windows Vista
logo certification (even if everybody agrees that the errors
themselves are bogus and should be ignored ...)
I'd try to talk them into changing that..
I am not sure this is worth trying.
Johan Appelgren wrote:
So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is
broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error?
I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack I just
posted in the 'Solution for StartMenuFolder x StartupFolder ?'
thread today.
I'm trying
Yes, Im aware of the posibility that the ALLUSERS property can change. And I
think that is exactly the problem with a component which has a HKCU registry
entry as keypath (which is needed to pass ICE57) and an unadvertised
shortcut . When a per-machine installation is done, the shortcut is placed
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04, 2007 07:41unkTo: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netunkSubject: Re:
[WiX-users] Shortcuts and ICEunkunkunkYes, Im aware of the posibility that
the ALLUSERS
Hello,
I have read several other messages about shortcuts and I understand that
shortcuts are very difficult. I have successfully created advertised
shortcuts, but I am unable to create unadvertised shortcuts.
What I do is the following:
I create the following directory structure:
Your right about the ICE warnings be a complete pain for unadvertised
shortcuts. The problem is
that someone could change the value for ALLUSERS in your installation package,
and the ICEs allow
for this. Many of us just ignore them.
Rob
Bart Kapitein wrote:
Hello,
I have read several
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a very similar issue whereby Vista Logo testing
automatically fails any component that has more than one
shortcut within it. As such I have removed a shortcut from
the component containing the app's main executable and have
created a new component that
Ok, let's try again.
I have the following code in my test installer.
Property Id='ALLUSERS' Value='1' /
Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'
Directory Id='DesktopFolder' Name='Desktop'
Component Id='desktop_folder'
Guid='{E88B9843-688B-40FA-8BD3-E137EAA1D18D}'
Is there a way to have a WiX generate a shortcut with the Turn off
advanced text services compatibility option active?
Cheers,
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Nikodemus Siivola [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there a way to have a WiX generate a shortcut with the Turn off
advanced text services compatibility option active?
AFAICT, this setting is not part of the shortcut; if you have
multiple shortcuts to the same program and toggle the option in
one
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nikodemus Siivola [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there a way to have a WiX generate a shortcut with the Turn off
advanced text services compatibility option active?
AFAICT, this setting is not part of the shortcut; if you have
multiple
Hi All,
I have a set of shortcuts in one component that won't go away
on uninstall.
Here's a snippet from my wxs file...
Component Id=C__RuntimeSelector
Guid=0E428D48-6EC3-91C3-C230-09C34647D786
File Id=clr.bat Name=clr.bat src=clr.bat KeyPath=yes
DiskId=1
here I should
understand better. :-)
Charlie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Charlie Poole
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:32 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts that won't go away
Hi All
] On Behalf Of Peter G.
Sakhno
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:37 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts in MSI+MSM
Hello.
I am trying to create shortcuts in MSI for files listed in MSM.
I wrote following code:
Shortcut Id=StartMenuMyProg Directory=ProgramMenuDir Name
Hello.
I am trying to create shortcuts in MSI for files listed in MSM.
I wrote following code:
Shortcut Id=StartMenuMyProg Directory=ProgramMenuDir Name=MyProg
Target=MyProg.exe.MSM_GUID_HERE/
Shortcut is not created and.
In log file I found error 2715 for that shortcut, which means The
Hoyle
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 5:09 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts orphaned when changed out from under File
Derek Cicerone wrote:
Non-advertised shortcuts require dummy HKCU keypaths in their components
- do you have those? (This is one of many
Based on an earlier
email reply(8/1/2006 subject=Shortcuts) from Derek. In this reply
Derek suggested that shortcuts should not always be definedunder the
File but independently because shortcuts and ALLUSERS don't always
coexist in a manner that makes sense.
Some relevant facts
on the
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek
CiceroneSent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:38 PMTo: 'Dave
Williamson'; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.netSubject: Re: [WiX-users]
Shortcuts orphaned when changed out from under File
Are
Derek Cicerone wrote:
Non-advertised shortcuts require dummy HKCU keypaths in their components
– do you have those? (This is one of many mistakes ICE validation catches)
The OP is using ALLUSERS=1 so that would make the problem worse, not
better (modifying HKCU in ALLUSERS would mean that
I've been trying to create a shortcut to display on desktop and program files
and that all works fine. But I want the creation of these to be
conditional. During the Install Setup I would like to be able to ask the
user if they want to create the shortcuts. Is there a way to do this? I
must be
Condition the Component (or Feature) installing the Shortcut.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magus
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:59 AM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcuts
I've been trying to create
But won't that condition effect both the File and the shortcut?
Yes. You'd have to put the Shortcut in its own Component.
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