There is a built-in (to Windows Installer) equivalent to CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU and that's the ProgramMenuFolder property, with ALLUSER=1.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370882(v=vs.85).aspx That sounds like what you're looking for. --------------- Phil Wilson On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Rob Mensching <r...@firegiant.com> wrote: > If your app is "system wide" then you probably should set ALLUSERS=1. > > _____________________________________________________________ > Short replies here. Complete answers over there: http://www.firegiant.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Hartman [mailto:t...@machmotion.com] > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 12:22 PM > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [WiX-users] Using arbitrary shell folders as the target Directory > > Is there a way to specify an arbitrary shell folder as a Directory attribute > (e.g. in a Shortcut element)? > > For example, I don't want to use ALLUSERS. My app is system-wide. I want to > make Start Menu shortcuts for all users. > There's not a Built-In variable for this. Is there a general way to specify a > shell folder name/value or have Wix do the lookup at install time (e.g. > using CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU)? > > > > todd. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
