On 12/13/13, 3:46 PM, Markus Ewald wrote: > On 12/14/2013 12:18 AM, Edwin Castro wrote: >> On 12/13/13, 3:07 PM, Markus Ewald wrote: >>> warning LGHT1076 : ICE69: Mismatched component reference. Entry >>> 'ApplicationStartMenuShortcut' of the Shortcut table belongs to >>> component 'ApplicationShortcut'. However, the formatted string in >>> column 'Target' references file 'myapplication.exe' which belongs to >>> component 'myapplication.exe'. Components are in the same feature. >> I think this warning is telling you that all shortcuts to >> myapplication.exe should exist in the same component that installs >> myapplication.exe. >> >> If you install the shortcuts and the exe in different components then >> that opens the possibility that somebody will allow the exe to be >> uninstalled without uninstalling the shortcuts. > > Tell that to the official documentation of the WiX toolset ;-) > http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/files_and_registry/create_start_menu_shortcut.html > > The warning was also discussed on this mailing list in 2009 where it was > considered /normal/ > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Incomprehensible-warning-td2234181.html > > I can avoid it by using [APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY]myapplication.exe - > creating an unvalidated shortcut that could point to anything even > outside of the installer. I could also place my shortcuts directly under > the <File /> element for myapplication.exe, but I'm generating the file > list via Heat.exe, so this would involve some patching via xmlpoke or > sed which I'm not keen on (and neither does the example in the > documentation do it that way). >
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