It's a very good question actually and I've seen no solid recommendation on
a best-practice approach.  I think you can create any HKCU registry key you
like and use it as the keypath (so long as each component has a different
key).  This issue comes up often so I'll see if I can learn more, but that's
what I know so far.

Derek

-----Original Message-----
From: John Calcote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 3:27 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generatedinstaller

Thanks Derek,

Can you recommend the proper WiX construct for creating the HKCU key
associated with the shortcuts - I have several of these messages, and I
want to do it the right way, not experiment for days until I come up
with the proper one accidentally. :) I've looked in the Tutorial and
Help documents and I can't find a reference to this issue. If you know
where the information is, please feel free to refer me to the proper
pages.

Thanks,
John

>>> "Derek Cicerone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/24/2006 3:21 PM
>>>
That means that the component needs to have a registry key under HKCU
as its
keypath.  This supports installation of per-user shortcuts for a
per-machine
installation.

Alternatively, you could switch to advertised shortcuts by specifying
Advertise="yes" on the Shortcut elements.  However, advertised
shortcuts may
cause undesirable demand-install behavior.

Derek

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
Calcote
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 12:18 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net 
Subject: [WiX-users] ORCA validation issue with wix generated
installer

Hi,

Can anyone tell me what the following error message from the Orca
Validator means:

ICE43   ERROR   Component PROGUID_comp has non-advertised shortcuts. It
should use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file.

??

Thanks,
John

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