If you want your Shortcut to appear in Startup folder for everyone then put
it in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For a specific user then
C:\Users\<TheUser>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup




On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:06 PM, <paul.chor...@stfc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a kiosk type PC system, that on boot up, automatically logs on a
> special restricted user account with a preconfigured password. My
> application then launches automatically using a shortcut present in only
> that special users Startup folder. The installation scope is per machine as
> other users may need to run the application from time to time for
> diagnostic purposes. The application installation is always done using an
> admin account.
>
> In the past using VS2010:-
>
> 1.       The solution MS "Setup Project" installed all of the common
> features successfully.
>
> 2.       I utilized the MS "Installer Class" which through some c# code
> created an application shortcut in the special user's startup folder during
> installation and removed it during uninstallation.
>
> With the demise of the above VS2010 features in later VS versions I have
> just over the last two weeks looked at WIX as an alternative. So far the
> WIX project will successfully install & uninstall the common features
> successfully, that is DLL, EXE files and some simple all user application
> shortcuts on the desktop and start menu.
>
> After searching for ages, I cannot determine how to set a startup shortcut
> in just the special user account. From my searches this does not appear to
> possible just using the basic WIX.
>
> I would really appreciate some directional guidance. Maybe a "C# custom
> action project" should be used? Or a batch file?
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
>
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