Rob, I am using the GUID - it appears in the error message. I've got a define called var.Prop_System_AppUserModel_NoPin that I use.
Regards, John -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@firegiant.com] Sent: 16 September 2014 16:59 To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Intermittent errors setting Windows 8 properties on shortcuts Know Windows Installer issue. Use the GUID of the property instead of the name. _____________________________________________________________ Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ -----Original Message----- From: John Hall [mailto:john.h...@cambridgetechgroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:11 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Intermittent errors setting Windows 8 properties on shortcuts Hi, In my installer I have a number of shortcuts installed on the Start Menu that I don't want to appear on the Windows 8 start screen. I therefore set both the System.AppUserModel.StartPinOption and System.AppUserModel.ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall properties for each of these shortcuts. My code looks like this: <?define var.Prop_System_AppUserModel_NoPin = "{9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}, 12" ?> <Component Id="index.chm" Guid="{17C863A4-E982-492F-9F76-6E5A09BC65E8}"> <File Id="index.chm" Name="index.chm" KeyPath="yes"> <Shortcut Id="Shortcut.Help" Directory="StartMenu.Help" Name="XJTAG Help" Show="normal" Advertise="no"> <ShortcutProperty Key="System.AppUserModel.ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall" Value="1" /> <ShortcutProperty Key="$(var.Prop_System_AppUserModel_NoPin)" Value="1" /> </Shortcut> </File> <RemoveFile Id="Remove.index.chw" Name="index.chw" On="uninstall" /> </Component> Every now and then an installation on Windows 7 will display a dialog saying: Warning 1946.Property '{9F4C2855-9F79-4B39-A8D0-E1D42DE1D5F3}, 12' for shortcut 'XJTAG Help' could not be set. The warning ultimately seems benign, but it is not a good user experience. It warning is not consistent or reproducible. Any ideas? Thanks, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce. Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce. Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
