Ah, then you do want to support upgrades. Get your upgrade scenario right, and you won't have to worry about having a consistent shortcut name.
Read up on "Major Upgrades" here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa369786(v=vs.85).aspx. This will cause the old version to be uninstalled as part of installing the new version. Or you might want to explore "Minor Upgrades" which are slightly lighter weight: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa370037(v=vs.85).aspx . On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:34 AM, BGINFO4X <bginf...@kztsoftware.com> wrote: > 2013/5/21 Mike Carlson <corf...@gmail.com>: > > You should be able to. Create the shortcut in your own authoring file. To > > point to the file in the generated authoring, see the "Target" attribute > of > > the shortcut element in wix.chm. > > > > Thanks a lot , I will try it. > > I have a conceptual question regarding shortcuts: > > I want the installer creates a shortcut in the startup folder for all > users, so the program is started automatically each time the users > logon. > > If the user install a new version without uninstalling the previous > one, then two versions of the program will be executed, and this is > not desirable. > > Is a good practice to create always the same name in the shortcut in > the manner that newer versions overwrite the previous shortcut? > > How to manage this situation? > > Thanks a lot. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_may _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
