I had trouble with this too. What seems to work is to create a dummy registry
key for each shortcut you wish to make. Apparently it has something to do with
the way keypaths work - they aren't allowed to be shortcuts, for reasons I
don't get. In your case, something like:
<DirectoryRef Id="DesktopFolder">
<Component Id="DesktopShortcuts"
Guid="A7319872-9A5C-4A04-BF08-5450D9247263">
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="Software\YourCompany\Dummy"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Name="SomethingOrOther" Value="1" Type="integer"
KeyPath="yes" />
</RegistryKey>
<Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Name="LittleApp"
Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]LittleApp.exe"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
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-----Original Message-----
From: E. Timothy Uy [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: April-13-12 3:09 PM
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] desktop shortcut guidance
It would be nice if a "desktop shortcut" guide could be added to
http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/toc.htm. I'm lost. Here's my futile
attempt.
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLFOLDER" Name="LittleApp" />
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder">
<Directory Id="AppStartMenuFolder" Name="LittleApp" />
</Directory>
<Directory Id="DesktopFolder" Name="Desktop" />
</Directory>
<DirectoryRef Id="DesktopFolder">
<Component Id="DesktopShortcuts"
Guid="A7319872-9A5C-4A04-BF08-5450D9247263">
<Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Name="LittleApp"
Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]LittleApp.exe"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Error 1 ICE18: KeyPath for Component: 'DesktopShortcuts' is Directory:
'DesktopFolder'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the
CreateFolders table. D:\Temp\testInstall2\LittleAppSetup\Product.wxs 65 1
LittleAppSetup Error 2 ICE38: Component DesktopShortcuts installs to user
profile. It must use a registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file.
D:\Temp\testInstall2\LittleAppSetup\Product.wxs 65 1 LittleAppSetup Error 3
ICE43: Component DesktopShortcuts has non-advertised shortcuts. It should use a
registry key under HKCU as its KeyPath, not a file.
D:\Temp\testInstall2\LittleAppSetup\Product.wxs 65 1 LittleAppSetup
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