Ok I'll try that out now, thanks fellas!

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From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 28 February 2007 16:52
To: Patrick Steele
Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Shortcuts


Patrick Steele wrote: 

        In wix 3, has there been a change to the creation of shortcuts?
        <Component Id='ExecutableFiles'
Guid='57E1279E-8C24-4ba0-BA34-FA4253886C52'>

        <File Id='MatadorExe' Name='Matador.exe'
Source='.\build\Matador.exe' Vital='yes'>

        <Shortcut Id='StartMenuShortcut' Directory='ProgramFilesFBBT'
Name='Matador 2.1'

        WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon='Matador.ico' IconIndex='0'
Advertise='yes' />


You're creating advertised shortcuts (Advertised="yes") and that's how
they work. They let MSI check the health of the feature being invoked so
they can't be modified. Use Advertised="no" if you want an editable
target (and not the health checking).


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