Re: [WiX-users] Wix shortcut to executable on file share

2010-09-13 Thread Fabio Di Lorenzo
Hello Tim, To avoid unecessary delays during installation (because the system service will be unable to access the UNC path during shortcut creation) i always recommend creating a stub executable which starts the executable on the server. Regards, Fabio On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Tim Mussc

[WiX-users] Wix shortcut to executable on file share

2010-09-13 Thread Tim Musschoot
Hello, Is there any way to create a shortcut to an executable file that is already present, but resides on a file share (ex: \\myserver\mydir\myapp.exe). It is not a best practice, but it is a way to wrap a legacy application in a MSI package. The shortcut should be placed on the users deskt