Though it feels like cheating, I was able to get it to work by wedging the
desktop shortcut into my start menu shortcuts and sharing the registry
entry for that component.
<ComponentGroup Id="SHORTCUTS">
> <ComponentRef Id="StartMenuShortcuts" />
> </ComponentGroup>
> <DirectoryRef Id="AppStartMenuFolder">
> <Component Id="StartMenuShortcuts"
> Guid="F377176E-CC92-4996-90F3-164862F29687">
> <Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Name="LittleApp"
> Directory="DesktopFolder"
> Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]LittleApp.exe"
> WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
> <Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut" Name="LittleApp"
> Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]LittleApp.exe"
> WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
> <util:InternetShortcut Id="DocumentationStartMenuShortcut"
> Name="LittleApp Support"
> Target="http://loqu8.com/support.htm"; />
> <Shortcut Id="UninstallStartMenuShortcut" Name="Uninstall
> LittleApp"
> Target="[System64Folder]msiexec.exe"
> Arguments="/x [ProductCode]" />
> <RemoveFolder Id="StartMenuFolder" On="uninstall"/>
> <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Loqu8\LittleApp"
> Name="shortcuts" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes" />
> </Component>
> </DirectoryRef>
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, E. Timothy Uy <t...@loqu8.com> wrote:
> It would be nice if a "desktop shortcut" guide could be added to
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/toc.htm. I'm lost. Here's my
> futile attempt.
>
> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
> <Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="LittleApp" />
> </Directory>
> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
> <Directory Id="AppStartMenuFolder" Name="LittleApp" />
> </Directory>
> <Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
> </Directory>
>
> <DirectoryRef Id="DesktopFolder">
> <Component Id="DesktopShortcuts"
> Guid="A7319872-9A5C-4A04-BF08-5450D9247263">
> <Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Name="LittleApp"
> Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]LittleApp.exe"
> WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
> </Component>
> </DirectoryRef>
>
> Error 1 ICE18: KeyPath for Component: 'DesktopShortcuts' is Directory:
> 'DesktopFolder'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the
> CreateFolders table. D:\Temp\testInstall2\LittleAppSetup\Product.wxs 65 1
> LittleAppSetup
> Error 2 ICE38: Component DesktopShortcuts installs to user profile. It
> must use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file.
> D:\Temp\testInstall2\LittleAppSetup\Product.wxs 65 1 LittleAppSetup
> Error 3 ICE43: Component DesktopShortcuts has non-advertised shortcuts.
> It should use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file.
> D:\Temp\testInstall2\LittleAppSetup\Product.wxs 65 1 LittleAppSetup
>
>
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