[WiX-users] Shortcuts redux

[<Kei...@st...>]

I've just created a new package for a product we're about to upgrade.

I see that it doesn't create its desktop shortcut until "repair" is run. We are not creating the (unadvertised) shortcut in any way that is new; it does exactly what the old ones did. I have looked at a few versions back and their verbose logs and the one from the new package. There is a *lot* of new stuff I've never seen previously in it (like stuff about WIN64DUALFOLDERS). Is this related to any of those recent KB changes? Does any of this affect desktops, shortcuts or ...?

I see a bunch of remove/create shortcuts, as I suppose is expected. Here are all the relevant (?) parts I can find (skipping everything else):

MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:397]: Component: DesktopShortCutd64d93b1_0358_454a_922a_1a88d6317df8; Installed: Absent;   Request: Local;   Action: Local
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:397]: Component: __DesktopShortCutd64d93b1_0358_454a_922a_1a88d6317df865; Installed: Null;   Request: Local;   Action: Local
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:397]: Component: __DesktopShortCutd64d93b1_0358_454a_922a_1a88d6317df866; Installed: Null;   Request: Local;   Action: Local
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:599]: 'Toolbox3ShortcutIcon' icon will be removed.
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:615]: Doing action: RemoveShortcuts
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:615]: Doing action: CreateShortcuts
Action start 15:46:04: CreateShortcuts.
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:615]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: MsiShortcutProperty 
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:615]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: MsiShortcutProperty
Action ended 15:46:04: CreateShortcuts. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:646]: Executing op: IconRemove(Icon=Toolbox3ShortcutIcon,)
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:646]: Scheduling file 'C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{A69E5FD0-83F0-48BB-A35D-BEB7A6351432}\Toolbox3ShortcutIcon' for deletion during post-install cleanup (not post-reboot).
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:646]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=RemoveShortcuts,Description=Removing shortcuts,Template=Shortcut: [1])
MSI (s) (F0:B4) [15:46:04:646]: Executing op: ShortcutRemove(Name=4er-7tqv|Toolbox 3)
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:943]: Doing action: RemoveShortcuts
Action start 15:46:04: RemoveShortcuts.
Action ended 15:46:04: RemoveShortcuts. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:974]: Doing action: CreateShortcuts
Action start 15:46:04: CreateShortcuts.
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:989]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: MsiShortcutProperty 
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:989]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: MsiShortcutProperty 
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:04:989]: Note: 1: 2753 2: Fd27b839b09ca4 
Action ended 15:46:04: CreateShortcuts. Return value 1.
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:05:255]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=CreateShortcuts,Description=Creating shortcuts,Template=Shortcut: [1])
MSI (s) (F0:84) [15:46:05:255]: Executing op: IconCreate(Icon=Toolbox3ShortcutIcon,Data=BinaryData)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas, Keith - CoSD/DSCo 
Sent: September-29-14 4:35 PM
To: 'General discussion about the WiX toolset.'
Subject: Shortcuts and "full desktops"

I noticed that one of my installation packages (which I was internally testing prior to sending it for testing more broadly) seemingly failed to install its shortcuts because there were too many icons on the desktop (in grid mode) already. (I figured this bizarreness out by cleaning some stuff up and trying again.)

Is this a known thing? Should I be able to detect it somehow? It seemed that the other files installed and that P&F showed it installed it. It is admittedly unlikely this will affect anything but our testing machines, but I figured it might be good to know.



Keith Douglas
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