I'm afraid you generated more questions :) ...
On 12/18/06, Mike Dimmick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
An advertised shortcut goes through the Windows Installer engine rather
than running the program (or document) directly. This enables Windows
Installer to check that all components of the required feature are present
(which it does by examining the KeyPath of each component of the feature
that the shortcut links to) and install them or repair them as necessary.
Shortcuts can link to features? I only know how to make a shortcut link to
a component. How do you make a shortcut that knows what feature it is a
part of so that it can make sure all of the components for that feature are
installed?
If you've ever seen an Office application prompt you for its install CD
when you try to run it from a shortcut, you now know why.
Yes, and if you've ever had the CD handy when that happened you are one of
the lucky few :). I guess it's a nice source of frustration, but of little
practical value in my opinion. Apart from the "Group Policy" sort of
network-based deployment, that is. I've never actually seen that either..
but might have a need for it to install work nodes on a sort of distributed
computing project. I'll have to research that aspect more. Does Windows
Installer have a way to automatically install to many machines in a domain
without user intervention at each machine? Sorry, getting off-topic.
Regards,
Scott
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