Re: [WiX-users] Create Hardlink with WiX

2007-08-31 Thread Oliver Schneider
To create hardlinks on pre-W2K *and* later, use MoveFileEx() with MOVEFILE_CREATE_HARDLINK ... works like a charm since NT 4.0 ;) Alternatively, if it makes you feel bad to use "undocumented" features, use CreateHardLink() on W2K and later. Mark Johnson wrote: > Let me know if you create a custom

Re: [WiX-users] Create Hardlink with WiX

2007-08-31 Thread Christopher Painter
I am curious what user stories drive this requirement as I've never written an install that needed this. I usually see ( and usually symbolic) links in Unix and very rarely in Windows environments. Mark Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let me know if you create a custom action for creating

Re: [WiX-users] Create Hardlink with WiX

2007-08-31 Thread Mark Johnson
Let me know if you create a custom action for creating hardlinks, I sure could use that too! David Stindl wrote: > > Hallo all, > does anybody know, if it's possible to create "Hardlink" on Win XP > filesystem with WiX installation? Thanks a lot for your help... > David. > >

Re: [WiX-users] Create Hardlink with WiX

2007-08-31 Thread Christopher Painter
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fsutil_hardlink.mspx?mfr=true MSI doesn't have support so you'd have to ( carefully ) roll your own CA pattern to do this. "Pierson Lee (Volt)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you mean by hardlink? ---

Re: [WiX-users] Create Hardlink with WiX

2007-08-31 Thread Pierson Lee (Volt)
What do you mean by hardlink? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Stindl Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 6:35 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Create Hardlink with WiX Hallo all, does anybody know, if it's possib