Thanks for the response.
The icon is in fact a .ico file, not an icon resource in an executable.
Scott
On 4/16/07, Brett Kapilik < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Scott,
I have not seen that problem with Advertised shortcuts. The only time I
have had problems is if I do not specify an icon for the shortcut at all. I
wonder if it has to do with the name of your icon. From the WiX help file:
Identifier reference to Icon element. The Icon identifier should have the
same extension as the file that it points at. For example, a shortcut to an
executable (e.g. "my.exe") should reference an Icon with identifier like "
MyIcon.exe"
So, I wonder if it would help if your icon identifier was:
<Icon Id="MyProduct.exe" SourceFile="$(var.MainIconPath )"/>
... assuming that your icon is pointing to an executable.
Let me know if that helps - because I am curious.
- Brett
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Scott Palmer
*Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2007 10:53 AM
*To:* wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
*Subject:* [WiX-users] Advertised Shortcuts don't show the correct Icon
(Despite receiving a confirmation, I haven't seen this message hit the
list after 4 days, so I'm resending...)
In my WiX XML I have:
<Icon Id="MyProduct.ico" SourceFile="$(var.MainIconPath )"/>
...
<Shortcut Id="desktopShortcut" Directory="DesktopFolder" Name="MyProduct"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR"
Icon="MyProduct.ico" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes"/>
The shortcut gets created. On my machine and some others the icons are
correct. But many machines get the wrong icon for ALL of the advertised
shortcuts.. the icon picked up is that of an entirely different application
from another vendor that was already installed on the target machine.
Changing to non-advertised shortcuts fixes this icon problem. When this
happens, it happens for all of the advertised shortcuts. That means all of
the shortcuts I put in the start menu or desktop, regardless of the icons
that they are supposed to use, get something completely different that is
entirely unrelated.
I've seen this now with two installers I've done with WiX 3.
Is this just a known bug in Windows XP that I have to put up with? Is
there some trick to get it to work? I was trying to avoid non-advertised
shortcuts for these components because of the added hassle of making dummy
registry entries to satisfy the ICE problems since I'm doing a per-machine
install.
Thanks in advance,
Scott
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