Re: [WiX-users] WiX missing 'Start In' property in desktop shortcut

2014-04-30 Thread Satbir Singh
Hi Guys, I tried what Jeremiahf said but that didn't worked too. Herehttp://pastebin.com/W8C6njgvI have added a demo of my installer with Jeremiahf's additions. Please Help. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:47 AM, Jeremiahf jeremi...@gmail.com wrote: Try this DirectoryRef Id=DesktopFolder

Re: [WiX-users] WiX missing 'Start In' property in desktop shortcut

2014-04-30 Thread Jeremiahf
From my experience I HAD to use: RegistryValue Root=HKCU Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]' Name=installed Type=integer Value=1 KeyPath=yes/ /Component when adding a shortcut on the desktop. (someone correct me if they have done it another way.) Unless I am reading it unclear you

Re: [WiX-users] WiX missing 'Start In' property in desktop shortcut

2014-04-29 Thread Jeremiahf
Try this DirectoryRef Id=DesktopFolder Component Id=ShortcutComponentID Guid=YOUR-GUID-HERE Shortcut Id=ShortcutID Name=Shortcutname Description=Shortcutname Target=[INSTALLDIR]myapplication.EXE WorkingDirectory=INSTALLDIR/

Re: [WiX-users] WiX missing 'Start In' property in desktop shortcut

2014-04-29 Thread Jeremiahf
Oh and Reference the Desktop directory in your directory structure... Directory Id=TARGETDIR Name=SourceDir Directory Id=ProgramFilesFolder Directory Id=YOURDIR Name=NAMEOFYOURDIR/ Directory Id =DesktopFolder Name=Desktop/ /Directory /Directory Sorry, J On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:17 PM,

[WiX-users] WiX missing 'Start In' property in desktop shortcut

2014-04-28 Thread Satbir Singh
I am working with WiX from last 5 month with no issues. Recently, i am in need to have StartIn property in App Desktop shortcut. By default, its empty. I am working with below code: *Component Id=myapplication.EXE DiskId=1 Guid=D42BBB80-579B-42B3-A65D-130829F2982D File

Re: [WiX-users] WiX missing 'Start In' property in desktop shortcut

2014-04-28 Thread Phil Wilson
The shortcut should be under the Component tag, not the file tag, as described in the Stack Overflow answer to your question there. If that's not working then you could supply a bit more info about what you've tried. --- Phil Wilson On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Satbir Singh