Thank you . That makes more sense now. Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2014, at 5:55 PM, "Walter Dexter" <wfdex...@gmail.com> wrote: > Keep in mind that some of us aren't targeting general purpose computers. > > Paul has kiosks, and I have cash registers and time clocks. > > My company will ultimately deploy 14,000 identical (in terms of directory > layout at least) time clocks, and presently has roughly 70,000 identical > registers. So hard coding paths does make sense sometimes > On Feb 21, 2014 6:53 PM, "Pavan Konduru" <pavan.kond...@accelrys.com> wrote: > >> Sorry Rob . >> I wasn't sure the solution to create a directory level structure as >> mentioned below could solve the issue as the directory structure is >> different for every OS. >> >>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>> <Directory Id="WINDOWSVOLUME"> >>> <Directory Id="UsersDir" Name="Users"> >>> <Directory Id="User1Dir" Name=user1"> >>> <Directory Id="AppdataDir" Name="Appdata"> >>> <Directory Id="RoamingDir" Name="Roaming"> >>> <Directory Id="MicrosoftDir" Name="Microsoft"> >>> <Directory Id="WindowsDir" Name="Windows"> >>> <Directory Id="StartmenuDir" Name="Start Menu"> >>> <Directory Id="ProgramsDir" Name="Programs"> >>> <Directory Id="StartupDir" Name="Startup"> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 2:04 PM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Application Shortcut to Specific User's >> Startup Folder. >> >> That is very much not a good design. The Windows Installer an create >> shortcuts just fine. And uninstall them and roll them back and handle all >> the other scenarios you need to think about when putting a file (like a >> shortcut) on disk. This is a very bad suggestion below. >> >> All you need is to set the directory for the shortcut correctly. That may >> (but doesn't seem like it should) a custom action to find the path... but >> once the directory is set, let the Windows Installer do the heavy lifting >> of actually creating the shortcut. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Pavan Konduru [mailto:pavan.kond...@accelrys.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 12:59 PM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Application Shortcut to Specific User's >> Startup Folder. >> >> You can use a Custom action to set a shortcut in the user directory. I am >> assuming your installer is per machine, hence all shortcuts are in the >> general start menu but you just need one shortcut that must be created in >> the user profile? >> I see that you got the directory structure(that is for Wind 7 ) but isn't >> the start menu different for different windows OS flavors?Win 2003 server >> has this structure: >> >> C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Start Menu\Programs >> >> I did something like this and it worked (but you would have to handle the >> deletion manually during uninstall) >> >> WshShell shell = new WshShell(); >> >> string shrtcutLnk = "App.lnk"; >> >> IWshShortcut MyShortcut; >> pathString= Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.StartMenu); >> >> MyShortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(pathString + >> shrtcutLnk); >> >> MyShortcut.TargetPath = ""; >> MyShortcut.Arguments = " "; >> >> MyShortcut.WorkingDirectory = ""; >> MyShortcut.Description = "Launch blah blah"; >> >> MyShortcut.IconLocation = "MyIco.ico"; >> >> MyShortcut.Save(); >> >> >> This line of code returns the current users startmenu folder, which in >> mycase was: >> pathString= Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.StartMenu); >> >> "C:\\Users\\pavan.konduru\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start >> Menu" >> >> >> --Pavan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Walter Dexter [mailto:wfdex...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 9:56 AM >> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Application Shortcut to Specific User's >> Startup Folder. >> >> I'll have to look into <SetDirectory ..../>. That looks cleaner than my >> custom action route. >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:06 AM, <paul.chor...@stfc.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>> Walt, >>> All working for install & uninstall now thanks to your prompting & >>> explanation of the directory attribute. >>> >>> For future reference:- >>> >>> I also tried using the WindowsVolume supplied property to get to the >>> root of things in a drive letter independent way. This resulted in an >>> error. I then saw this link by Ravikumar Gopinath:- >>> >>> >>> http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Error-us >>> ing-WindowsVolume-predefined-folder-td3313078.html >>> >>> So using this seems to provide a drive letter independent solution:- >>> >>> <SetDirectory Id="WINDOWSVOLUME" Value="[WindowsVolume]"/> >>> >>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>> <Directory Id="WINDOWSVOLUME"> >>> <Directory Id="UsersDir" Name="Users"> >>> <Directory Id="User1Dir" Name=user1"> >>> <Directory Id="AppdataDir" Name="Appdata"> >>> <Directory Id="RoamingDir" Name="Roaming"> >>> <Directory Id="MicrosoftDir" Name="Microsoft"> >>> <Directory Id="WindowsDir" Name="Windows"> >>> <Directory Id="StartmenuDir" Name="Start Menu"> >>> <Directory Id="ProgramsDir" Name="Programs"> >>> <Directory Id="StartupDir" Name="Startup"> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> </Directory> >>> >>> <DirectoryRef Id ="StartupDir"> >>> <Component Id="CMP_MyAppStartupShortcut" Guid="GUID Here" >>> KeyPath="yes"> >>> >>> <Shortcut Id=" MyAppStartupShortcut " Name="MyApp" >>> Description="Launch MyApp" >>> Target="[ProgramDir]MyApp.exe" WorkingDirectory="ProgramDir" >>> Icon="icon.ico"/> >>> >>> </Component> >>> </DirectoryRef> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Paul >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Walter Dexter [mailto:wfdex...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: 20 February 2014 16:16 >>> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Application Shortcut to Specific >>> User's Startup Folder. >>> >>> I was just coming in to correct the path... >>> >>> The problem you're having is that the Directory attribute is supposed >>> to be the ID of a directory, not the path to a directory. >>> >>> Here's how I'm dealing with absolute paths. My standard disclaimer >>> with WiX advice is that I first used WiX in November and I still don't >>> feel like I know what I'm doing, so there may be a much easier way to do >> anything. >>> >>> >>> <CustomAction Id="CA_SetCDrive" Directory="C_DRIVE" Value="c:\" /> >>> >>> <InstallExecuteSequence> >>> <Custom Action="CA_SetCDrive" After="CostFinalize" /> >>> </InstallExecuteSequence> >>> >>> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> >>> <Directory Id="C_DRIVE" Name="CDrive"> <Directory >> Id="DIR_PROGRAMDATA" >>> Name="ProgramData" > >>> <Directory Id="DIR_MICROSOFT" Name="Microsoft" > <Directory >>> Id="DIR_POINTOFSERVICE" Name="Point of Service" > >>> <Directory Id="DIR_CONFIGURATION" Name="Configuration" /> >>> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> </Directory> >>> >>> Then, assuming you got all the rest of your values right, you would have: >>> >>> <Shortcut Id="MYShortcut" Name="MyApp" >>> Description="Launch MyApp" >>> Target="[ProgramDir]MYApp.exe" WorkingDirectory="ProgramDir" >>> Icon="icon.ico" Directory="DIR_CONFIGURATION"/> >>> >>> and your shortcut would land in c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Point of >>> Service\Configuration. (Not a sensible place to put a shortcut, of >>> course, but it's the snippet I could steal easily.) >>> >>> I assume that you have an <icon .... /> element with Id="icon.ico" >>> because I think that's an ID as well. I've never done a shortcut or >>> icon in WiX, though. We don't even have the explorer shell running. We >>> have a custom shell that has it's own way of doing Startup and RunOnce. >>> >>> Good luck- >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:47 AM, <paul.chor...@stfc.ac.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Ilir, >>>> >>>> Thanks for your response, how do I add a shortcut to that path in >>>> WIX (C:\Users\<TheUser>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start >>>> Menu\Programs\Startup)? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Ilir Bekteshi [mailto:ilir...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: 20 February 2014 13:22 >>>> To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. >>>> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Application Shortcut to Specific >>>> User's Startup Folder. >>>> >>>> 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? 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