Rather weird, but I'll have to accept it -- Microsoft makes the rules. ;-) Strange but true, it still is not working: I have now used NOTEPAD.exe as source file (which obviously is in the right format and contains only a single icon) and named the icon as ".exe" by using "<Icon id="my.exe" SourceFile="C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.exe">". After installation, the short cut shows the icon found in the linked EXE, not the icon of NOTEPAD! But when I then click on "select different icon" then it shows the notepad icon as the default selection.
I'm totally confused. Seems uninstall and reinstall does not update the explorer's icon cache...? > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Shevchuk (Volt) [mailto:a-ale...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Donnerstag, 8. April 2010 20:23 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcut is not using specified icon > > Hi Markus, > > The Source (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa369210) is > saying: > > "Icon files that are associated strictly with file name extensions or > CLSIDs can have any extension, such as .ico. However, Icon files that > are associated with shortcuts must be in the EXE binary format and must > be named such that their extension matches the extension of the target. > The shortcut will not work if this rule is not followed. For example, > if a shortcut is to point to a resource having the key file Red.bar, > then the icon file must also have the extension .bar. Multiple icons > can be stuffed into the same icon file as long as all of the target > files have the same extension. " > > So, to fix that: > > <Icon Id="MyIcon.exe" SourceFile="<pointer to exe file>"/> > <Shortcut Icon="MyIcon.exe" ... /> > > Regards, > Alex > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Karg [mailto:k...@quipsy.de] > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 4:34 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] Shortcut is not using specified icon > > I have a strange problem. Following the directions in the WiX manual, I > added a ShortCut which is working well. Now I added a icon, but the > shortcut is not using it - it still uses the icon of the EXE! The > installation is per machine. > > > > <Icon Id="my.ico" SourceFile="..\foo\my.ico" /> > > > > <Component Id="Shortcut" Guid="..."> > > <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\X\[ProductName]" > Name="Shortcut" Value="" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" /> > > <Shortcut Id="Menu" Directory="MenuDir" Name="!(loc.ShortcutName)" > WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR" Target="[INSTALLDIR]my.exe" Icon="my.ico" > Advertise="no" /> > > </Component> > > > > Any ideas? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools > for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune > applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
