Blair thanks but I have to confess to not understanding that explanation at all. What would be such a case that an XP or Vista user saw a short name instead of the NTFS name? - Dave
-----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:os...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:22 AM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? Shortcut names are exposed to users on XP systems and may be exposed to them on Vista systems, depending on whether they have had a native resource dll string table entry assigned to them. The windows shell which is responsible for showing the start menu is either all or mostly native code, the .net version doesn't matter (just the underlying platform). The disk format doesn't matter either. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Kolb [mailto:d...@dotnetcodeslingers.com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:15 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: [WiX-users] Are shortcut names even useful anymore? I don't use any shortcut names in my install and notice they are generated for me with some seemingly random letters. Are actual shortcut names even useful on any .NET 3.5 system which is the requirement for my application? I'm also OK with requiring an NTFS [non FAT32] disk though I'm not sure on how one would test for that. Thanks, Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
