Cannot create Desktop shortcut
- by Pantelis
I have a WiX project and I want to automatically create a ProgramMenu and Desktop shortcut. I've tried the following but the Desktop shortcut is not created. The ProgramMenu shortcut works great.
<Product Id="*" Name="Application Name" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Company Name">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes" InstallScope="perMachine" Description="A description" Comments="Some Comments" />
<MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed." />
<MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes"/>
<!-- Minimal UI -->
<UIRef Id="WixUI_Minimal"/>
<!-- Adding the referenced components -->
<Feature Id="Complete" Title="inStorHDRadio Complete" Level="1">
<ComponentGroupRef Id="InstallationComponents" />
<ComponentRef Id="ApplicationProgramsMenuShortcut"/>
<ComponentRef Id="ApplicationDesktopShortcut"/>
</Feature>
</Product>
<Fragment>
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<!-- Installation Folder -->
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="CompanyFolder" Name="CompanyName">
<Directory Id="InstallationFolder" Name="ApplicationName"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<!-- Programs Menu Shortcut Folder -->
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="ProgramsMenu">
<Directory Id="ProgramsMenuCompanyFolder" Name="CompanyName">
<Directory Id="ProgramsMenuShortcutFolder" Name="ApplicationName"/>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<!-- Desktop Shortcut Folder -->
<Directory Id="DesktopShortcutFolder" Name="Desktop"/>
</Directory>
</Fragment>
<!-- Compoments -->
<Fragment>
<ComponentGroup Id="inStorHDRadioComponents" Directory="InstallationFolder">
<!-- All application components in Program Files -->
</ComponentGroup>
<!-- SHORTCUTS -->
<!--ProgramsMenu-->
<DirectoryRef Id='ProgramsMenuShortcutFolder'>
<Component Id='ApplicationProgramsMenuShortcut'>
<RemoveFolder Id='RemoveProgramsMenuShortcutFolder' Directory='ProgramsMenuShortcutFolder' On='uninstall' />
<RemoveFolder Id='RemoveProgramsMenuCompanyFolder' Directory='ProgramsMenuCompanyFolder' On='uninstall' />
<Shortcut
Id='ApplicationProgramsMenuShortcut'
Name='Company Name'
Target='[#Application.exe]'
WorkingDirectory='InstallationFolder'
Icon='application.ico' />
<RegistryValue
Name='RegistryValueProgramMenuShortcut'
Root='HKCU'
Key='Software\Microsoft\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]'
Type='integer'
Value='1' />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<!--Desktop-->
<DirectoryRef Id='DesktopShortcutFolder'>
<Component Id='ApplicationDesktopShortcut'>
<RemoveFolder Id='RemoveDesktopShortcutFolder' Directory='DesktopShortcutFolder' On='uninstall'/>
<Shortcut
Id='ApplicationDesktopShortcut'
Name='Application Name'
Target='[#Bootstrapper.exe]'
WorkingDirectory='InstallationFolder'
Directory='DesktopShortcutFolder'
Advertise='no'
Icon='application.ico'/>
<RegistryValue
Name='RegistryValDesktopShortcut'
Root='HKCU'
Key='Software\[Manufacturer]\[ProductName]'
KeyPath='yes'
Type='integer'
Value='1' />
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
</Fragment>
<Fragment>
<Icon Id="application.ico" SourceFile="Files\application.ico" />
<Icon Id="programs.ico" SourceFile="Files\programs.ico"/>
<Property Id="ARPPRODUCTICON" Value="programs.ico" />
<Property Id="ARPHELPLINK" Value="http://www.company.com" />
</Fragment>
Whats wrong with the code? The ProgramMenu shortcut is working perfectly fine, but the desktop one is not getting created.
