WinInstall LE and allusers shortcut
OK, the package is fine except this one point.
I place a shortcut on the allusers desktop, and the *.msi doesn't put it there, only for the original user.
I've checked the exclusions list and allusers isn't one of them although default user is.
Anyone had this problem before?
Thanks
I place a shortcut on the allusers desktop, and the *.msi doesn't put it there, only for the original user.
I've checked the exclusions list and allusers isn't one of them although default user is.
Anyone had this problem before?
Thanks
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
Are you installing per-user or per-machine? Create a verbose log of the install and check the value of the ALLUSERS property.
Posted by:
cormack
14 years ago
Not sure. I run discover, and perform a 'before snapshot', install the app and put the shortcut on the allusers desktop. The application doesn't have the 'only for this user'/'everyone' options though.
It creates the *.msi then when I run it on a clean build, it puts the program in no problems just not the allusers shortcut.
How would I go about creating a verbose.log file?
Thanks
It creates the *.msi then when I run it on a clean build, it puts the program in no problems just not the allusers shortcut.
How would I go about creating a verbose.log file?
Thanks
Posted by:
cormack
14 years ago
ORIGINAL: cygan
did you set allusers=1
No. I'm quite new to WinInstall - where would I set this option using discover?
Thanks
Posted by:
cygan
14 years ago
open your msi with orca look in the property table
add if not there
ALLUSERS 1
add if not there
ALLUSERS 1
Posted by:
cormack
14 years ago
Thanks will give that a go now.
One other thing - wininstall puts it's folders in a file before building the *.msi it appears. It does have an allusers folder, but it hasn't got subfolders of desktop or start menu. It does have one called application data
Will report back anyway, cheers for now.
EDIT: That appears to have done the trick - Thanks!!!!
One other thing - wininstall puts it's folders in a file before building the *.msi it appears. It does have an allusers folder, but it hasn't got subfolders of desktop or start menu. It does have one called application data
Will report back anyway, cheers for now.
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
14 years ago
How would I go about creating a verbose.log file?For completeness...
You use the '/L' argument:
msiexec /i <name of MSI> <other command line options> /L*V %TEMP%\whatever.logLogs can be pretty impenetrable for newcomers but there is a free tool you can download (WiLogUtl, IIRC) which tries to perform some analysis for you.
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