Right, so I added the dummy KeyPath registry entry, like so:
<Component Id="Uninstaller" Guid="0454D0FC-190C-42c9-9506-DBA17DECBCB2">
<RegistryKey Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" Root="HKCU"
Key="Software\ScreenArchitect\Uninstaller">
<RegistryValue Value="" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" />
</RegistryKey>
<Shortcut Target="[UNINSTALLCMD]" Id="UninstallIcon" Name="Uninstall"
Description="Uninstall Application" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" />
</Component>
And I built my MSI successfully, however during installation it fails to
create the shortcut, complaining that it can't find or write to the
destination directory - I have other shortcuts (for executable files) which
are being created just fine in the same location (but they're advertised
shortcuts)... am I missing something vital here?
Chez,
- Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of André Pönitz
Sent: Friday, 16 February 2007 9:33 p.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] uninstall shortcut...
Alex Henderson wrote:
> My client wants his installer to have an "uninstall" shortcut, but I can't
> seem to quite get it right... after reading some posts I ended up with
this:
>
> <Property Id="UNINSTALLCMD" Value="MSIEXEC.EXE /x [!PRODUCTID]" />
>
> And also...
>
> <Component Id="Uninstaller"
> Guid="F72CE94D-8E6E-4b9e-95BC-7DC80C3641B6">
> <Shortcut Target="[UNINSTALLCMD]" Id="UninstallIcon"
> Name="Uninstall"
> Description="Uninstall My Application" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" />
> </Component>
>
> However when I compile I get these errors (below)... what's
> the right way to do it?
I think the right way would be to get the validation rules fixed,
but I guess that's not anption for mere mortals like us ;-)
My personal workaround is to add a dummy registry entry under
HKCU as keypath for the component as in
<Component Id='Uninstaller'
<RegistryValue Id='Uninstaller' Root='HKCU'
Key='Software\.....\Uninstaller'
Name='Dummy' Action='write' Type='integer' Value='0'
KeyPath='yes' />
...
</Component>
This 'works' but obviously has the potential to leave rubbish in
the registry.
Andre'
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