Ok, thanks a lot.

Regards.

2013/5/21 Mike Carlson <corf...@gmail.com>:
> 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.
>>
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