Seems to be ok if I tried again from a few versions back. But the bit about the
verbosity of verbose logs (or the like) stands ... still I'd like a comment on
the below just in case ...
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On 05-Nov-11 17:50, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
> Has no-one else had this problem that users can't click on shortcuts placed
> in the start m
On 05-Nov-11 17:50, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
> Has no-one else had this problem that users can't click on shortcuts placed
> in the start menu when the ALLUSERS property is set to 1? Maybe it is
> relevant but this is happening on Windows 7 32-bit, I don't have an
> oppertunity to test how
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Not being able to modify the shortcut
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On 02-Nov-11 09:10, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
> I have a wix project that places a shortcut in a subfolder
On 02-Nov-11 09:10, Kjartan Þór Kjartansson wrote:
> I have a wix project that places a shortcut in a subfolder in the users start
> menu, when I change the source to set the ALLUSERS property to 1 I get the
> shortcut in the correct place but the permissions of the shortcut are
> incorrect resu
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Hi Phil,
Thanks for your response. Do you recommend editing the record filed at runtime
with the required value or creating a new record with the required value at
runtime?
Are there any issues
, July 25, 2011 11:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts question
That works only when the corresponding field in the MSI is "Formatted" type. It
may work if you update the in-memory MSI file with the required value pri
That works only when the corresponding field in the MSI is "Formatted" type. It
may work if you update the in-memory MSI file with the required value prior to
the CreateShortcuts action. I have no experience of doing this, but vaguely
recall people using this technique.
Phil Wilson
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Yup, the details do change:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391568(v=vs.85).aspx
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:20, Wilson, Phil wrote:
> Not according to Raymond. It's just Windows trying to be helpful. It started
> in XP, but of course details often change.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/o
Not according to Raymond. It's just Windows trying to be helpful. It started in
XP, but of course details often change.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/11/24/496690.aspx
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Would the version of the MSI engine you are targeting play a pa
22, 2011 10:48 AM
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That's weird, according to
this: http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/doc/Helpnet/installshield16helplib_sp1/SettingShellShtctProp.htm and http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/
work.
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> Well I can confirm it does not cause an error on Windows XP
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Yes, but the original question applied to Windows 7 which is MSI 5.0.
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Hmm, WiX supports this but isn't this only supported with misexec 5.0 ?
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> Hmm, WiX supports this but isn't this onl
Where to copy companion files(path of companion files) for File
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Hmm, WiX supports this but isn't this only supported with misexec 5.0 ?
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Or add a ShortcutProperty element with
@Key='System.AppUserModel.ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall' and @Value='1'
to your Shortcut element, assuming you're using a version of WiX that
supports this element.
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 08:02, Pally Sandher wrote:
> Don't install on Windows 7?
>
> Palbinder
Don't install on Windows 7?
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What does the verbose log file say?
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:44 AM, James Green wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I've just followed this example
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm to
> the
> letter in my own script but still no short cut. Do I need to be doing
> so
Do you mean the display order in the program file group? If so there
isn't any documented why to control that order (I think it is in
alphabetical order).
Neil
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s, so I'm not the expert (yet ) to
ask.
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The ICE wants shortcuts in components with HKCU registry keypaths
The ICE wants shortcuts in components with HKCU registry keypaths because it
is possible to remove the ALLUSERS value from your installation from the
commandline even if it is present in the Property table (making your
installation per-user instead of per-machine, even if that breaks other
things i
...
This is for English XP. Youd have to check that the path to the quick
launch is the same on all target operating systems and language
versions.
There is nothing to stop the user renaming the quick launch shortcut in
which case this wouldnt work but
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Wright, Lance wrote:
> On the properties page for the Votive project there is a property
> "InstallAllUsers".
Which version of Votive? There's no such s
Wright, Lance wrote:
> On the properties page for the Votive project there is a property
> "InstallAllUsers".
Which version of Votive? There's no such string in v3.0.
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What is "the InstallAllUsers flag"? Do you mean ALLUSERS=1?
Wright, Lance wrote:
> I am trying to install shortcuts to files in my Setup project to the All
> Users desktop. I have the InstallAllUsers flag set to True and the shortcuts
> are in the 'User's Desktop' special folder. If an adminis
Use the Shortcut/@Target. MSI SDK has documentation about the "Formatted
topic" and how you can use the "[#FileId]" to refer to the path of files.
Can you suggest some text that would improve the Shortcut/@Target help?
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>From what I tested, solutions I presented you allow:
-For a per-machine install, create an uninstall shortcut for all the
users of a computer wheter it is advertised or not. The main drawback
is an orphaned regkey in the deploying user profile if he doesn't
remove the apps himself.
>>
Here i
2008/10/31 Arun Kumar A V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Yes, I am infact doing the per-machine mode for creating the UnInstall
> shortcut . But the problem with HKCU key is, it wouldnt let met do
> Advertise="Yes". Without advertise, my uninstall shortcut will not be removed
2008/10/30 Arun Kumar A V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> The First link below, only talks about Uninstall shortcut for per-user mode,
> this is what i followed to get to where iam now.
> The Second link doesnt work. I did do extensive search on the mailing list
> before posting it here again.
>
> An
The First link below, only talks about Uninstall shortcut for per-user mode,
this is what i followed to get to where iam now.
The Second link doesnt work. I did do extensive search on the mailing list
before posting it here again.
Any other ideas would help.thanks
Arun
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2008/10/30 Arun Kumar A V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> After turning on MSI logging, I found that my issue is more complicate.
>
>
> The shortcut is created for a file installed in ALLUSER ( Per Machine) mode,
> so I must set Advertise="yes" on the shortcut as shown below. This turns out
> be the p
Turn on the MSI logging registry key and check out the verbose log file. It'll
tell you which component is getting reinstalled. The EventViewer will also
give you the Component GUID but I find the verbose log file easier to work
through.
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From: Arun Kumar A V [mailto
Doug Payne wrote:
My application installs for ALLUSERS (ALLUSERS=1). I want to crate a
start menu shortcut which points to the product's root installation
folder. This implies that I want a non-advertised shortcut, since an
advertised shortcut points to the product feature, and launches the
ke
If by URL shortcut you mean an .url file, you can simply add the file to
the installation, or use the INI trick that was common on Inno Setup:
http://www.fusion-online.com.ar"; />
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Craig Ward escribió:
> Is it possible to add a shortcut which is not for a file? I want to add
>
Ward, Mike (MED US) wrote:
> I think it pretty natural for someone to think the shortcuts would be
> associated with the files here, not the component.
Generally, that's true, but not with advertised shortcuts.
> I think some of this is just result of laziness. I didn't see a reason
> to put the
hinking of here?
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Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components
Interesting. Why do you think the WiX too
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Wendell,
Thanks for your reply.
The reason it surprised
ne 26, 2007 5:07 PM
To: Ward, Mike (MED US)
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts and components
You'll note that when you have 2 .exes in the same component that you
get a MSI validation error. The "two shortcuts pointing to the first
.exe in the component" problem you're seein
Yes, it is.
http://blogs.msdn.com/windows_installer_team/archive/2005/09/27/463651.a
spx
No more than one target of Start menu or Desktop shortcut
Do not specify more than one file per component as a target for the
Start menu or a Desktop shortcut (per Organizing Applications into
Components).
Te
Yes, advertised shortcuts point to the key path of the component they're in.
You are recommended, in the SDK documentation, to place EXEs in their own
component. Recall that versioning is only done based on the key path of the
component, so in your example if you modified CRC.TemplateImporter.exe
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Nope, that was the problem, thanks!
Note to self: don't use property names as Directory Id's in the future,
you'll just confuse yourself. ;)
Julie
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Did you define a Directory with @Id ProgramMenuFolder?
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I am trying to
Ok I'll try that out now, thanks fellas!
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To: Patrick Steele
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Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts
Patrick Steele wrote:
In wix 3, has there
Patrick Steele wrote:
In wix 3, has there been a change to the creation of shortcuts?
Guid='57E1279E-8C24-4ba0-BA34-FA4253886C52'>
Vital='yes'>
Name='Matador 2.1'
WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon='Matador.ico' IconIndex='0'
Advertise='yes' />
You're creating advertised shortcuts (Ad
Patrick Steele wrote:
> Name='Matador 2.1'
> WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon='Matador.ico' IconIndex='0'
> Advertise='yes' />
>
> From this code, after an install I get shortcuts created, but the Target
> field of the shortcut properties has become non-editable, meaning that a
> user cannot t
Very Secret wrote:
> I was not allowed to specify "Target" when the Shortcut was embedded
> in the scope. However, I found out, that the shortcuts works
> perfectly if the executable file is assigned its very own component.
> That is, the exe-file should be the *only* file in this component.
> Thi
I was not allowed to specify "Target" when the Shortcut was embedded
in the scope. However, I found out, that the shortcuts works
perfectly if the executable file is assigned its very own component.
That is, the exe-file should be the *only* file in this component.
This is somewhat undocumented, I
Very Secret wrote:
> I solved the problem by adding
>Directory="ProgramMenuDir" On="uninstall" />
>
> as suggested in another mail in this archive.
>
> However, my shortcuts does not become executable:
>
>
>
>
> WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR"
I solved the problem by adding
as suggested in another mail in this archive.
However, my shortcuts does not become executable:
Any ideas why?
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Tony Hoyle wrote:
> André Pönitz wrote:
> > One is not allowed to ignore ICE57 errors for Windows Vista
> > logo certification (even if everybody agrees that the errors
> > themselves are bogus and should be ignored ...)
>
> I'd try to talk them into changing that..
I am not sure this is worth t
André Pönitz wrote:
> One is not allowed to ignore ICE57 errors for Windows Vista
> logo certification (even if everybody agrees that the errors
> themselves are bogus and should be ignored ...)
>
I'd try to talk them into changing that..
Presumably they allow some ICE errors since some are ine
Johan Appelgren wrote:
> On 1/8/07, André Pönitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Johan Appelgren wrote:
> > > So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is
> > > broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error?
> >
> > I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack I j
On 1/8/07, André Pönitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Johan Appelgren wrote:
> > So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is
> > broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error?
>
> I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack I just
> posted in the 'Solution for S
Johan Appelgren wrote:
> So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is
> broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error?
I think 'yes, and not necessarily'. Have a look at hack I just
posted in the 'Solution for StartMenuFolder < x < StartupFolder ?'
thread today.
> I'm try
So the answer to the initial question is that windows installer is
broken, and I should just ignore the ICE57 error?
I'm trying to use unadvertised shortcuts and haven't been able to find
out the recommended way to create them.
/Johan
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> 1. The
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Yes, Im aware of the posibility that the ALLUSERS property can change. And I
think that is exactly the problem with a component which has a HKCU registry
entry as keypath (which is needed to pass ICE57) and an unadvertised
shortcut . When a per-machine installation is done, the shortcut is placed
Your right about the ICE warnings be a complete pain for unadvertised
shortcuts. The problem is
that someone could change the value for ALLUSERS in your installation package,
and the ICEs allow
for this. Many of us just ignore them.
Rob
Bart Kapitein wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have read several
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a very similar issue whereby Vista Logo testing
> automatically fails any component that has more than one
> shortcut within it. As such I have removed a shortcut from
> the component containing the app's main executable and have
> created a new component that
André,
I have a very similar issue whereby Vista Logo testing automatically fails
any component that has more than one shortcut within it. As such I have
removed a shortcut from the component containing the app's main executable
and have created a new component that installs an LNK file (a copy
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Nikodemus Siivola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Is there a way to have a WiX generate a shortcut with the "Turn off
>> advanced text services" compatibility option active?
>
> AFAICT, this setting is not part of the shortcut; if you have
> mul
Nikodemus Siivola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a way to have a WiX generate a shortcut with the "Turn off
> advanced text services" compatibility option active?
AFAICT, this setting is not part of the shortcut; if you have
multiple shortcuts to the same program and toggle the option in
I thought of something to try right after I sent the note below
and it worked. I'd like to know why it worked though.
I had another component containing a shortcut to nunit.exe, the
same file that has the icon for the shortcuts below. So, it looked
like this...
I combi
Hi Peter,
Try using Target=[!MyProg.exe.MSM_GUID_HERE] or
Target=[#MyProg.exe.MSM_GUID_HERE]
I would recommend placing the shorcut in the merge file if possible to
avoid any GUID changes down the road.
Bill Miller
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Derek Cicerone wrote:
> Non-advertised shortcuts require dummy HKCU keypaths in their components
> - do you have those? (This is one o
ugust 04, 2006 4:51 PMTo: 'Dave
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Shortcuts orphaned when changed out from under File
Non-advertised
shortcuts require dummy HKCU keypaths in their components – do you have
those? (This is one of many mistakes
Derek Cicerone wrote:
> Non-advertised shortcuts require dummy HKCU keypaths in their components
> – do you have those? (This is one of many mistakes ICE validation catches)
>
The OP is using ALLUSERS=1 so that would make the problem worse, not
better (modifying HKCU in ALLUSERS would mean that
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orphaned when changed out from under File
non-advertised shortcuts
Have not delved into ICE validation yet
... see a little too much bantering back and forth about what is "passing
ICE validation". I'm too much
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Are you using advertised or non-advertised
shortcuts? Did your MSI pass ICE validation?
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