David, Thank you for that - I will take a look and see if that helps.
Regards, John -----Original Message----- From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] Sent: 17 September 2014 10:15 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Intermittent errors setting Windows 8 properties on shortcuts My notes indicate that you need to set a System.AppUserModel.ID for these to work (I did this research a while ago and don't remember the details and if it is still accurate under windows 8.1). I understand though that if you don't do it explicitly windows will allocate you one on the fly, but may be worth a try. Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd391569(v=vs.85).aspx to see if its relevant to your situation. My example shortcut <Component Id="ProductShortcut"> <RegistryValue Root="HKMU" Key="Software\company\ShortcutTest\Installer" Name="ProductShortcut" Value="KeyPath" KeyPath="yes" Type="string" /> <Shortcut Id="ProductShortcut" Name="The Application" Description="The application." IconIndex="0" Icon="ProductIcon.exe" Target="[#TheApplication.exe]"> <ShortcutProperty Key="System.AppUserModel.ID" Value="Company.TheApplication.exe" /> <ShortcutProperty Key="{9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}, 12" Value="1" /> <!-- Name: System.AppUserModel.StartPinOption - PKEY_AppUserModel_StartPinOption Type: UInt32 - VT_UI4 FormatID: {9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}, 12 Note: Set this property on a shortcut to (1) prevent an application from being automatically pinned to Start screen upon installation; or (2) indicate that an item is programmatically added to launcher via user action (which implies automatically pin to Start and delete on unpin). Note: It has to be a guid to stop windows 7 throwing a warning dialogue. see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2745126 <em> Note: that you must also set System.AppUserModel.ID first or the property will not be used. </em> --> </Shortcut> -----Original Message----- From: John Hall [mailto:john.h...@cambridgetechgroup.com] Sent: 16 September 2014 17:40 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Intermittent errors setting Windows 8 properties on shortcuts Rob, I am using the GUID - it appears in the error message. I've got a define called var.Prop_System_AppUserModel_NoPin that I use. Regards, John -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] Sent: 16 September 2014 16:59 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Intermittent errors setting Windows 8 properties on shortcuts Know Windows Installer issue. Use the GUID of the property instead of the name. _____________________________________________________________ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: John Hall [mailto:john.h...@cambridgetechgroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:11 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Intermittent errors setting Windows 8 properties on shortcuts Hi, In my installer I have a number of shortcuts installed on the Start Menu that I don't want to appear on the Windows 8 start screen. I therefore set both the System.AppUserModel.StartPinOption and System.AppUserModel.ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall properties for each of these shortcuts. My code looks like this: <?define var.Prop_System_AppUserModel_NoPin = "{9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}, 12" ?> <Component Id="index.chm" Guid="{17C863A4-E982-492F-9F76-6E5A09BC65E8}"> <File Id="index.chm" Name="index.chm" KeyPath="yes"> <Shortcut Id="Shortcut.Help" Directory="StartMenu.Help" Name="XJTAG Help" Show="normal" Advertise="no"> <ShortcutProperty Key="System.AppUserModel.ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall" Value="1" /> <ShortcutProperty Key="$(var.Prop_System_AppUserModel_NoPin)" Value="1" /> </Shortcut> </File> <RemoveFile Id="Remove.index.chw" Name="index.chw" On="uninstall" /> </Component> Every now and then an installation on Windows 7 will display a dialog saying: Warning 1946.Property '{9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}, 12' for shortcut 'XJTAG Help' could not be set. The warning ultimately seems benign, but it is not a good user experience. It warning is not consistent or reproducible. Any ideas? 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