With the design you've chosen, you've made advertised shortcuts less functional.
_____________________________________________________________ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2014 4:25 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Advertised shortcuts and the new world of bundles If I have a single .msi that installs files and an advertised start menu shortcut, and some files become damaged or missing, launching the start menu shortcut will repair the relevant feature(s) and launch the application anyway. But let's say I have a Burn bundle with two .msi's, one with required libraries and another with the actual application. If I launch the advertised shortcut, Windows Installer is unaware of the library MSI. If files are missing or corrupted, Windows Installer would only repair features in the application MSI, it can't repair the bundle, or know that the library MSI has to be repaired too. The same happens if I install advertised features. Features can be installed on demand when launched via advertised shortcuts, but that won't install files that are part of separate MSIs in the bundle. So my question is, if I have a bundle, what is the point of advertised shortcuts? In what situation are they useful and functional? -- Nicolás ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
