I have been trying to get the shortcut icons for non-exe files to work 
as well but have been unsuccessful.  Over the last 2 days no one on this 
form either knows how to get this to work or are unwilling to help me 
out.  I actually have a licensed version InstallShield 2011 Professional 
but am tired of paying $800 every year to get the latest version so I as 
well am using Wix for my new project.  So far all is good except for 
these darn shortcut icons.  If you figure it out I would really 
appreciate finding out what you learned.

On 11/21/2011 10:47 AM, Johannes Franke wrote:
> Hi community,
>
> does anybody know if there is a way to update icons of shortcuts that were 
> created in a WiX-based setup?
> As a background info, I'm creating two shortcuts to HTML, one to a local 
> file, one to an internet URL. Both should reflect the default icon associated 
> with HTML but instead they show the Windows default file icon until they are 
> clicked the first time. Some magic in Windows updates the icons.
> My question is, can I utilize this mechanism? My start menu entries are 
> looking pretty ugly at this time.
> Actually, I have rewritten a setup that was previously maintained in 
> InstallShield Express. The ISX setup created the shortcuts with the correct 
> icons right away, but I have DARKened the ISX-created MSI file and found 
> nothing about shortcuts or icons that helped me understand how thay do it.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
> Johannes
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