Hi,i am trying to create an advertised shortcut to a folder. Add files, with executable for which to create shortcut as. For an advertised shortcut, this column must be an external key into the first column of the feature table. Find answers to how do you set the key path or key file in installshield express products. How windows installer shortcuts work broadcom community. If the installer used large, compressed cab files that are first downloaded and.
If any is missing, it will fix it by running the installation package and installing again all resources from the. If this occurs on your build system, you can use installshields msi sleuth. Also, no other resource can be set as keypath for that specific component. Installshield enables you to specify the icon that should be used for a shortcut that is created on the target system at run time to specify the icon for a shortcut. Every time you launch an advertised shortcut essentially a special shortcut that. Installshield shortcut, advertised shortcut and error. Installer msi installshield installshield adminstudio flexera software installshield. Installshield for pc windows 10 download latest version.
Only shortcuts which points to a resource which is a keypath in component table can be advertised. Understanding windows installer msi selfrepair flexera software. This is important as when we package applications, we should always have advertised shortcuts when possible. Getting started with installshield developer and windows. Ice43 validates that shortcuts that do not reference a feature as their target nonadvertised shortcuts are in components having a hkcu. Installshield for windows installer to help them create their installer package. Nowadays, flexera has develop this developer tools software for pc. Advertising shortcuts using installshield dylanpackaging. An advertised shortcut windows installer shortcuts is a technology specific to windows installer. If you rightclick an advertised shortcut the target field will be greyed out. If you open up your application in installshield, go to the shortcuts page. If you are repacking an application that creates advertised shortcuts, you would be well advised to delete the shortcut and create a regular one during the snapshot process.
Rightclick the programs menu folder icon, and select new advertised shortcut. Specifying whether a product should be advertised if its. I think ill soon will regret the day i chose to use installshield and not wix. Specifying whether a product should be advertised if its installshield prerequisites are run with elevated privileges. Installshield lists the path and file name in this setting if you do either of the following. Features that are available for installation are advertised with shortcuts on the users. Installshield windows 10 app build simple and clean installs, upgrades and uninstalls. For more information about other installshield settings that may affect whether windows vista and later displays. Ice43 validates that shortcuts that do not reference a feature as their target non advertised shortcuts are in components having a hkcu. The official installshield for windows installer developers. The components files are not installed to the target system until the end user launches the shortcut. A feature having been installed as advertisedinstall on first.
I recently had to move some resources from one project into a new class library. I went into the installshield le setup process and added the output of the new project to the application files. In the left navigation, under entitlements, click product list. If you do not have access to multiple products, clicking the product list link opens the. Specify whether you want to create an advertised shortcut. In this step you will create a shortcut to tutorial app in the users programs folder, under the start menu. I had a bit of experience with wix, and it seemed a bit complicated to use, so when the time came for a real project, i chose to use the new flexera installshield le for visual studio 2010. How can i determine what causes repeated windows installer self. In the behavior section, the first setting is advertised. Before you download the installer, how good if you read the information about this app. Windows installer advertised shortcuts advanced installer. The product list page shows all of the product lines to which your account is entitled. How to repack application w adminstudio application. If a resource is a keypath in component table and there is an advertised shortcut pointing to that component, then that resource cannot be moved to another component.
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