Wow, that is pretty trippy. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Chad Petersen <chad.peter...@harlandfs.com > wrote:
> Thanks for your help. Turns out the customer did not have IE or any > other browser installed on this particular computer. Hadn't run into > that before. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thom Leigh [mailto:t...@mondago.com] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:17 AM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WixCreateInternetShortcuts: Error > 0x8000ffff:failed toset shortcut > > The MSDN page for IUniformResourceLocator::SetURL details these return > values... > > S_OK: The object's URL was set successfully. > E_OUTOFMEMORY: There is not enough memory to complete the operation. > IS_E_EXEC_FAILED: The URL's protocol handler failed to run. > URL_E_INVALID_SYNTAX: The URL's syntax is invalid. > URL_E_UNREGISTERED_PROTOCOL: The URL's protocol does not have a > registered protocol handler. > > So I would start with: > Does the customer have a handler for http (for the user that the > installer is running as)? > Does it work? (does Start>Run>http://e3server start a browser?) > Do they have enough memory/disk space to create the shortcut? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] > Sent: 31 January 2011 17:36 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: [WiX-users] WixCreateInternetShortcuts: Error 0x8000ffff: > failed toset shortcut > > WiX version 3.0.5419.0 > > OK, my installer is working in a huge number of cases without hitting > this error. We released back in November. Today I get a log file from a > customer that doesn't get any on-screen error. The installer just > suddenly rolls back on its own. The verbose log file shows these > entries. > > WixCreateInternetShortcuts: Creating IUniformResourceLocatorW shortcut > 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Interlinq E3.url' target > 'http://E3SERVER:80/E3Container <http://e3server/E3Container>' > WixCreateInternetShortcuts: Error 0x8000ffff: failed to set shortcut > 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Interlinq E3.url' target > 'http://E3SERVER:80/E3Container <http://e3server/E3Container>' > WixCreateInternetShortcuts: Error 0x8000ffff: failed to create Internet > shortcut > > My code looks like this > > <util:InternetShortcut Id="E3DesktopShortcut" Directory="DesktopFolder" > Name="Interlinq E3" Type="url" Target="[TARGET1]" /> > <util:InternetShortcut Id="E3DocsDesktopShortcut" > Directory="DesktopFolder" Name="Interlinq E3 Documentation" Type="url" > Target="[TARGET2]" /> > <util:InternetShortcut Id="E3StartMenuShortcut" > Directory="INTERLINQE3FOLDER" Name="Interlinq E3" Type="url" > Target="[TARGET1]" /> > <util:InternetShortcut Id="E3DocsStartMenuShortcut" > Directory="INTERLINQE3FOLDER" Name="Interlinq E3 Documentation" > Type="url" Target="[TARGET2]" /> > > The support team made sure they could create shortcuts in C:\Documents > and Settings\All Users\Desktop. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this > one. Thanks for any ideas? > > Chad > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February > 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. 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