What didn't work? Can you post your WiX fragment for us to look at? Only
the portion of the wxs file that has the shortcut that you're trying to
create. Did the installation go through, but your start menu folder not get
created? What happened?
On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Levi,
I tried the example you included, but it didn't work in Wix 3.0. Could you
provide me a whole example please?
Thanks,
Erich.
Levi Wilson wrote:
>
> There's this section:
>
> <*Component* Id='Manual' Guid='YOURGUID-574D-4A9A-A266-5B5EC2C022A4'>
> <*File* Id='Manual' Name='Manual.pdf' DiskId='1' Source='Manual.pdf'>
> <*Shortcut* Id="startmenuManual" Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
> Name="Manual" LongName="Instruction Manual" />
> </*File*>
> </*Component*>
>
> And then there's the section that defines the "ProgramMenuDir":
>
> <*Directory* Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="PMenu" LongName="Programs">
> <*Directory* Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name='Foobar10' LongName="Foobar 1.0"
> />
> </*Directory*>
>
> The <Directory /> definition will create a folder in the startmenu named
> "Foobar 1.0". This does this, because it's parent is the
> ProgramMenuFolder,
> which is one of the define System Folders found here:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372057.aspx
>
> On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have read it, but it doesn't say anything about it (there are 2
>> mentions
>> only about the way of creating shortcuts, but nothing about creating
>> shortcuts and folders in the Start Menu).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Erich.
>>
>>
>> Levi Wilson wrote:
>> >
>> > You should check out the tutorial linked off of the
>> > wix.sourceforge.netpage.
>> >
>> > On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi guys,
>> >> I couldn't find any working example of how to create a folder in the
>> >> Start
>> >> Menu and then include some shortcuts inside. It looks to be quite
>> easy,
>> >> but
>> >> I
>> >> couldn't find the way to do that.
>> >>
>> >> Does anybody have any good example?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Erich.
>> >>
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