I have made a c# dll for implement shell extension IThumbnailProvider to display a preview image as file icon.I have made an myShellExRegistration.exe that write the reg keys for the register the extension for my custom file extension (.myFileExt) and I take the assembly of my myThumbnailProvider.dll and register it using RegistrationServices.RegisterAssembly(myAssembly, AssemblyRegistrationFlags.SetCodeBase)with this all works fine. So I have tried to register this extension using wix and not running myShellExRegistration.exe I have write fine the reg key for the file extension, but the registration of the dll not works.I have tried using HeatFile item in the project definition with the SuppressCom=false SuppressRegistry=false but it seem that using this way isn't the same as running the RegistrationServices.RegisterAssebly as it doesn't work. Any idea how to fix this? Is there something that I have lost? the output for the HEatFile is something like that shown on http://wix.tramontana.co.hu/tutorial/com-expression-syntax-miscellanea/components-of-a-different-color <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Fragment> <ComponentGroup Id="SampleGroup"> <Component Id="cmpA8B0842041500B0ACE61F7EFD0FBD893" Directory="dir0F6F75DF46D1BACE2233EC573E6D4AA9" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> <File Id="filDDAAB2C11E1E5AE4668D99216C3B5523" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\SampleHeat\Interop.Shell32.dll" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32\1.0.0.0" Name="Class" Value="Shell32.ShellDispatchInprocClass" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32\1.0.0.0" Name="Assembly" Value="Interop.Shell32, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32\1.0.0.0" Name="RuntimeVersion" Value="v2.0.50727" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32\1.0.0.0" Name="CodeBase" Value="file:///[#filDDAAB2C11E1E5AE4668D99216C3B5523]" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32" Name="Class" Value="Shell32.ShellDispatchInprocClass" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32" Name="Assembly" Value="Interop.Shell32, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32" Name="RuntimeVersion" Value="v2.0.50727" Type="string" Action="write" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCR" Key="CLSID\{0A89A860-D7B1-11CE-8350-444553540000}\InprocServer32" Name="CodeBase" Value="file:///[#filDDAAB2C11E1E5AE4668D99216C3B5523]" Type="string" Action="write" /> ... </Component> </ComponentGroup> </Fragment> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR"> <Directory Id="dir0F6F75DF46D1BACE2233EC573E6D4AA9" Name="SampleHeat" /> </DirectoryRef> </Fragment> <Fragment> <DirectoryRef Id="dir0F6F75DF46D1BACE2233EC573E6D4AA9" /> </Fragment> </Wix> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
