Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-13 Thread Blair
today. -Original Message- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:44 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? An 8.3 filename (also called a short

Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-13 Thread Chad Petersen
compatibility with legacy programs. -Original Message- From: Dave Kolb [mailto:d...@dotnetcodeslingers.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:03 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? Thanks Chad as

Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-13 Thread Dave Kolb
7;General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? Blair thanks but I have to confess to not understanding that explanation at all. What would be such a case that an XP or Vista user saw a short name instead of the NTFS na

Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-13 Thread Chad Petersen
olset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? Blair thanks but I have to confess to not understanding that explanation at all. What would be such a case that an XP or Vista user saw a short name instead of the NTFS name? - Dave -Original Message- F

Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-13 Thread Dave Kolb
: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? Shortcut names are exposed to users on XP systems and may be exposed to them on Vista systems, depending on whether they have had a native resource dll string table entry a

Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-13 Thread Blair
Subject: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? I don't use any shortcut names in my install and notice they are generated for me with some seemingly random letters. Are actual shortcut names even useful on any .NET 3.5 system which is the requirement for my application? I

[WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore?

2009-10-12 Thread Dave Kolb
I don't use any shortcut names in my install and notice they are generated for me with some seemingly random letters. Are actual shortcut names even useful on any .NET 3.5 system which is the requirement for my application? I'm also OK with requiring an NTFS [non FAT32] disk though I'm not