Hi all, I'm new to WiX and I'm trying to create a test install for a single file with a shortcut in the "All Users" profile.
The file I'm installing is going to %programfiles%\Company\Product and I want to place a shortcut in %allusersprofile%\Desktop. I've done a lot of googling and searched the archives for this mailing list and it seems that everyone who has had a similar problem has been directed to http://robmensching.com/blog/archive/2007/04/27/How-to-create-an-uninstall-shortcut-and-pass-all-the.aspx, but I can't see how that post solves the issue - it installs shortcuts to the current user's profile using a RegistryValue as the KeyPath (I already did this to create a per-user test install) but doesn't show how to install shortcuts to the "All Users" profile in a per-machine install. Here is my very simple product.wxs: <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi";> <Product Id="{PUT-GUID-HERE}" Name="Product" Language="1033" Version=" 1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Company" UpgradeCode="{PUT-GUID-HERE}"> <Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"/> <Media Id="1" Cabinet="TestApp.cab" EmbedCab="yes"/> <Property Id="ALLUSERS" Value="1"/> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="CompanyFolder" Name="Company"> <Directory Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Name="Product"/> </Directory> </Directory> <Directory Id="DesktopFolder"/> </Directory> <DirectoryRef Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY"> <Component Id="TestApp" Guid="{PUT-GUID-HERE}"> <File Source="Product.exe" KeyPath="yes" Checksum="yes" Vital="yes"> <Shortcut Id="TestAppShortcut" Name="Product" Directory="DesktopFolder"/> </File> </Component> </DirectoryRef> <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="Main Application" Level="1" Absent="disallow" AllowAdvertise="no"> <ComponentRef Id="TestApp"/> </Feature> </Product> </Wix> I've set ALLUSERS=1 and this should cause the DesktopFolder property to point to the desktop folder in the "All Users" profile on the target machine. I get the following errors from light.exe: error LGHT0204: ICE43: Component TestApp has non-advertised shortcuts. It should use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file. error LGHT0204: ICE57: Component 'TestApp' has both per-user and per-machine data with a per-machine KeyPath. Surely its possible to install non-advertised shortcuts to the "All Users" profile... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
