I am not sure if I understood the question well and if my previous response
makes sense. But this is how would I try doing it if I had to do it and if WiX
didn't let me do declaratively:
Even if MSI (or more correctly parts of install) run with elevated privileges,
I think that immediate custom action runs non-elevated and I can find current
user's ApplicationData folder via Shell API call GetSpecialFolder. I can then
create shortcut links programmatically in custom action code as seen below (I
don't know where I got it from, probably some MSDN article).
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// CreateLink - uses the Shell's IShellLink and IPersistFile interfaces
// to create and store a shortcut to the specified object.
//
// Returns the result of calling the member functions of the interfaces.
//
// Parameters:
// lpszPathObj - address of a buffer containing the path of the object.
// lpszPathLink - address of a buffer containing the path where the
// Shell link is to be stored.
// lpszDesc - address of a buffer containing the description of the
// Shell link.
// lpszIconLink - address of a buffer containing the path where the
// Shell link icon can be found.
// index - index of the icon
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRESULT CreateLink(LPCTSTR lpszPathObj, LPCTSTR lpszPathLink, LPCTSTR lpszDesc,
LPCTSTR lpszIconLink, int index)
{
HRESULT hres;
IShellLink* psl;
// Get a pointer to the IShellLink interface.
hres=::CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID*)&psl);
if(SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
IPersistFile* ppf;
// Set the path to the shortcut target and add the description.
psl->SetPath(lpszPathObj);
psl->SetDescription(lpszDesc);
if(lpszIconLink!=0)
psl->SetIconLocation(lpszIconLink, index);
// Query IShellLink for the IPersistFile interface for saving the
// shortcut in persistent storage.
hres=psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID*)&ppf);
if(SUCCEEDED(hres))
{
USES_CONVERSION;
// Ensure that the string is Unicode.
LPWSTR wsz=CT2W(lpszPathLink);
// Add code here to check return value from MultiByteWideChar
// for success.
// Save the link by calling IPersistFile::Save.
hres = ppf->Save(wsz, TRUE);
ppf->Release();
}
psl->Release();
}
return hres;
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Singer [mailto:w...@regnis.de]
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:04 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Quick Launch shortcut in Vista and Windows 7
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?
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