You make a good point about the ProgramMenuFolder directory - I agree that ICE43 seems overzealous in some cases. However, during ICE validation, there is no way to know if an MSI file will be installed per-user or per-machine (since the value of ALLUSERS may be set at the last moment). So the ICE is currently configured to be very conservative and flag a Shortcut as going to a per-user location if it's possible for it to be installed to a per-user location (regardless of whether it will be or even the current value for ALLUSERS).
Although you may think a shortcut will never get installed to a per-user location, nothing prevents your customer from setting ALLUSERS to modify the behavior. Thanks, Derek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hoyle Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 5:42 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generated installer Derek Cicerone wrote: > That means that the component needs to have a registry key under HKCU as its > keypath. This supports installation of per-user shortcuts for a per-machine > installation. I don't see why anyone would ever want to do this - put per user shortcuts in per user installations and per machine shortcuts in the all users category. Mixing the two is just silly IMO. I'm not even sure *how* you'd make wix do it, since ProgramMenuFolder is set correctly depending on the install type... you'd have to override the default behaviour somehow. I've never managed to author a nontrivial wix file without this ICE, but in each case I know I'm doing the correct thing.. it's just generated automatically by any attempt to create a shortcut. That makes the warning useless. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
