I figured out that how to do below thing using shortcut table:
create a shortcut under
$(env.SYSTEMDRIVE)\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
menu\Programs\Startup
Thanks for reminder.
Cheers
Lian
-----Original Message-----
From: Lian Jiang
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:33 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] IPersistFile::Save return 0x8007007b in custom action.
Thanks Blair.
I am trying to create a shortcut under
$(env.SYSTEMDRIVE)\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
menu\Programs\Startup, but I did not find any Folder property to do this
declaratively.
That's why I create my own custom action.
I once made below scenario work:
Step 1. Create a native exe to create shortcut;
Step 2. In my installer, the custom action call this exe after files are
installed.
I want to remove this native exe by migrating this function to a C# custom
action. It looks like I have to roll back to the native exe solution.
Thanks
Lian
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:03 PM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IPersistFile::Save return 0x8007007b in custom action.
That error code is "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is
incorrect." Not sure which of the two paths it doesn't like.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:49 AM
To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.'
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] IPersistFile::Save return 0x8007007b in custom
action.
Not sure, but why aren't you using MSI's Shortcut table instead of rolling
your own?
-----Original Message-----
From: Lian Jiang [mailto:lji...@microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:40 AM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] IPersistFile::Save return 0x8007007b in custom action.
Hi,
I have a custom action which creates a link (shortcut).
The calling process between layers is:
a) The function of creating link is implemented in a C++ DLL. It uses
IPersistFile::Save to save the link.
b) The function is wrapped in C# code using P/invoke.
c) My C# custom action calls this wrapped function to create the link.
Right now the log always reports IPersistFile::Save always return 0x8007007b
(-2147024773) which means the path is not correct.
I have already succeeded to create a link using the same C++ dll and a
managed standalone exe (using p/invoke too). Also I have tested that the
parameter passing has no problem. For example, I passed in "c:\np.lnk" then
I can see the C++ function can return the same string which is printed in
msi log. I don't think it is permission issue because (a) I always run the
msi in an admin command window, (b) I tried "impersonate='no'", (c) the link
is created just under "c:\" instead of any privileged locations .
Based on my test, I suspect that IPersistFile::Save may not be used in an
installer like a standalone managed exe.
What I am doing wrong with below code?
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink,
NULL,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_IShellLinkW,
(LPVOID*)&psl);
psl->SetPath(lpszTargetPath); // lpszTargetPath is
"c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe"
hr = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID*)&ppf);
hr = ppf->Save(lpszShortcutPath, TRUE); // return 0x8007007b.
lpszShortcutPath is "c:\np.lnk"
Appreciate any insight.
Thanks
Lian
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