Tony, how do you catch the case, that your user only can install
applications elevated as administrator (don't assume everybody is admin on
his/her machine)? Wouldn't the quick launch shortcut then only appear on the
administrator's quick launch bar and hence is invisible for the normal user(s)?

Tom


On 17.12.2009 21:53, Tony Juricic wrote:
> The right substitute for Vista/XP like Quick Launch shortcut is to make the 
> link pinned to the taskbar (IMO).
> 
> It appears as simple as putting the shortcut in User Pinned\TaskBar subfolder 
> of Quick Launch folder in Windows 7.
> 
>       <!-- Quick Launch per-user folder -->
>       <Directory Id="QL1" SourceName="Application Data">
>         <Directory Id="QL2" Name="Microsoft">
>           <Directory Id="QL3" Name="Internet Explorer">
>             <Directory Id="QL4" Name="Quick Launch" />
>         <Directory Id="QL5" Name="User Pinned" />
>                <Directory Id="QL6" Name="TaskBar" />
>                </Directory>
>               </Directory>
>             </Directory>
>         </Directory>
> 
> Now, I can condition the installation of the component containing the 
> Shortcut element.
> When OS is Windows 7 shortcut gets created in QL6 directory, otherwise in QL4.
> 
> Since this would unnecessarily create User Pinned\TaskBar folders on Vista 
> and XP, does anybody know if there is a more elegant way to accomplish the 
> same goal?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community
Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support
A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy
Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers
http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev 
_______________________________________________
WiX-users mailing list
WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users

Reply via email to