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How to make a shortcut with Wix v4 Heat Harvesting?

I am trying to create a shortcut from an exe to the StartMenuFolder and DesktopFolder using Wix v4 for a Heat Harvested application.

Using this, my desired behavior is that I can add a Shortcut to an exe from the HarvestedComponents gathered by the HarvestGroup denoted below from my .wixproj file in both the DesktopFolder and StartMenuFolder.

<HarvestDirectory Include="../harvestDirectory/">
  <ComponentGroupName>HarvestedComponents</ComponentGroupName>
  <DirectoryRefId>INSTALLFOLDER</DirectoryRefId>
  <SuppressRootDirectory>true</SuppressRootDirectory>
</HarvestDirectory>

In the Package.wxs, I tried to create a Component containing a Shortcut referencing the INSTALLFOLDER, however giving it a Target and Advertise='yes' result in an error saying that the Target and Advertise cannot be specified together. I would understand this behavior if I were able to set the file of the Shortcut beforehand, as seen in the streams from Rob Mensching going over Wix v4.

<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs" xmlns:ui="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/ui">
    <Package Name="App 1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="Manufacturer" Version="1.0.0.0"
             UpgradeCode="{Guid}">
        <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="!(loc.DowngradeError)" />

        <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Value="Include/License.rtf" />
        <WixVariable Id="WixUIBannerBmp" Value="Include/banner.bmp" />
        <WixVariable Id="WixUIDialogBmp" Value="Include/image.bmp" />
        <MediaTemplate EmbedCab="yes" />

        <ui:WixUI Id="WixUI_InstallDir" InstallDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" />

        <Feature Id="Main">
            <ComponentGroupRef Id="HarvestedComponents" />
            <ComponentRef Id="ShortcutsSetup" />
        </Feature>

        <Component Id="ShortcutsSetup" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" Guid="{Guid}">
            <Shortcut Id="StartMenuShortcut" Directory="StartMenuFolder" Target="App.exe"
                      Name="App 1.0.0.0" Advertise="yes" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"/>
        </Component>
    </Package>
</Wix>
Solution

  • The Target attribute is for a non-advertised Shortcut according to the documentation here, so you can't use Target and Advertise="yes" together. If you want to use Advertisement, choose Advertise=yes and drop the Target. Otherwise, do the opposite.