Greetings. Please excuse my noobness, but I am new to WiX and all things MSI.
I'm guessing this is a trivial issue:
I've read the WiX tutorial and am trying to deviate just a bit, by creating a
directory on the Desktop and copy a file in there and then also create a
shortcut to that file on the Desktop. After that works, I want to do that to
the LocalAppDataFolder.
Here is my test.wxs file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";>
<Product Id="9D9B2995-C2AD-4df0-AF5C-003066CABA43" Name="Product Name
Setup" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Company Name"
UpgradeCode="F735EEA3-3421-4324-A907-BA01F5AB4681">
<Package Id="FDDFF53B-8B84-4083-A04E-4BCA53BE7A90" Description="My
first Windows Installer package" Comments="This is my first attempt at creating
a Windows Installer database" InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" />
<Media Id="1" Cabinet="product.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLDIR" Name="TestFolder">
<Component Id="idTestProgram"
Guid="472DADD7-BA14-4733-9C90-B7B973BF3C1D" >
<File Id="readme" Name="readme.txt" DiskId="1"
Source="readme.txt" Vital="yes" >
<Shortcut Id="idShortcutReadme" Directory="DesktopFolder"
Name="ReadMe Long Name" WorkingDirectory='INSTALLDIR' Icon="readme.ico"
IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes" >
<Icon Id="readme.ico" SourceFile="favicon.ico" />
</Shortcut>
</File>
<RemoveFolder Id='INSTALLDIR' On='uninstall' />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id="MyFeature" Title="Test Program" Level="1">
<ComponentRef Id="idTestProgram" />
</Feature>
</Product>
</Wix>
Here is what light.exe outputs:
Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.0.2925.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved.
test.wxs(18) : error LGHT0204 : ICE38: Component idTestProgram installs to user
profile.
It must use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file.
I tried learning what KeyPath means, but I can't find anything that really
talks about it in the WiX help file. Many topics refer to it, but I can't find
what ICE38 is and why I need a registry key, and I still don't know what a
KeyPath means.
Thank you so much for your help!
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