Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Adding Network shortcuts in MSI packages

Steps

  1. Create a property eg. INSTDIR in Property table

  2. Populate it with the network directory

  3. Create a property eg SHORTCUT1 in Property table /* IF not using Wise

  4. Polulate it with the full UNC path along with the executable name  /* IF not using Wise.

  5. Create a shortcut using the shortcut under the shortcut table

  6. Update the WkDir coloum in Shorcut table with INSTDIR (no NOT add brakets [] before and after INSTDIR).

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