An advertised shortcut is one which actually invokes Windows Installer when activated. If the product feature that the shortcut points to is not installed at that point, Windows Installer will install it, then invoke the feature. This is how the 'install on demand' and 'advertised product' features work.
If you've never worked on a Windows domain, I should say that it's possible to configure products in Active Directory Group Policy so that the shortcuts appear on a user's start menu (or elsewhere), but the product itself is not installed until the user clicks one of these shortcuts. This is referred to as an advertised product. The <RemoveFolder> required by the ICE error is there to tidy up folders containing advertised shortcuts when an advertised product is removed from Group Policy by an administrator. I think. This isn't too clear. There are many entry points that can be advertised, such as ProgIDs, Extensions, TypeLibs and COM classes. However, it's generally not recommended to advertise COM classes or type libraries, though, as this can have a surprising effect for the end user (see Rob's blog at http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/03/12/RobMens-Recommendation-Do-no t-advertise-COM-information-in-MSI.aspx) The target of an advertised shortcut is the key file of the component it belongs to. If your component has multiple files, you may need to specify the @KeyPath attribute on the file you want the shortcut to launch. Best practice is one file per component. ALLUSERS=1 creates a per-machine, not per-user, install. This means that instead of placing shortcuts in the installing user's start menu, it places them in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu. This means they appear for all users. However, in a shared-computer (hot-desking) scenario, an administrator might want to only advertise the product to some users and not others; your install should ideally work in this scenario and therefore support per-user installs. The validation does not process ALLUSERS=1. The WiX tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/ has working shortcuts, but they're not advertised. The syntax is currently correct for WiX 2.0 but wixcop should be able to translate it. -- Mike Dimmick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DE Sent: 15 March 2007 23:56 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to create folders and shortcuts in the Start Menu? (Wix 3.0) I'd just like to ask some questions relating to this area, because I cannot find much meaningful documentation about it. All we want to do is create shortcuts to some of the files we are installaing. We are using the latest Votive. Assume we are happy to install to all users. 1) What exactly does it mean to "advertise" a short cut? 2) Using "advertised shortcuts" and the <RemoveFolder> tip you made earlier, we have managed to create a shortcut that is visible within a sub directory of Start Menu. But it doesn't actually link correctly; on inspection the target name is set to the name of the product. Why is this? 3) Should I set ALLUSERS = 1 as well? How does it manifest? Would it effect the previous point? From what I cans see, the ICE errors are not fixed by ALLUSERS=1. 4) Are icons required to get the Start menu shortcut working correctly? 5) Does there exist a working example in Wix 3.0? Should we perhaps not be using Wix 3.0? Levi Wilson wrote: > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that if you want the shortcut > installed for All Users, you need to define this property: > > <Property Id="ALLUSERS" Value="1" /> > > If you don't, inside that <Component /> you can have this: > > <RemoveFolder Id="MyRemFolder" Directory="ProgramMenuFolder1" > On="uninstall" > /> > > On 3/15/07, Erich Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Yes, the installation runs fine but doesn't create the folders in the >> Start >> Menu at all. I manage now to change the source to the following: >> >> <File Id="ReleaseNotes" Name="Dot Net SDK Release Notes.doc" >> Source="$(var.TrunkComponentRelease)\Dot Net SDK Release Notes.doc" > >> <Shortcut Id="NewShortcut3" >> Directory="ProgramMenuFolder1" >> LongName="NewShortcut3" Name="NewShort" Advertise="yes" Show="normal"/> >> <!--Shortcut Id="adguide" Directory="DashMenuDir" >> Name="AdGuide" >> LongName="Agilent Business Dashboard Admin >> Guide" >> WorkingDirectory="manuals" >> Advertise="yes" >> /--> >> </File> >> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="PMFolder"> >> <Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder1" Name="MyProduct" /> >> </Directory> >> >> but I received the following error: >> >> Error 17 ICE64: The directory ProgramMenuFolder1 is in the user >> profile but >> is not listed in the RemoveFile table. >> D:\BlackDeath\SuperSolution\WixDotNetSDK\WixDotNetSDKRelease.wxs >> 240 >> 1 >> WixDotNetSDKRelease >> >> >> Thanks, >> Erich. >> >> >> Levi Wilson wrote: >> > >> > 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. 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