"John M" <john.nospam@mercury-projects.co.nz.nospam> wrote in message
news:GHjob.4130$ws.392957@news02.tsnz.net...
> Hi,
>
> I have a setup project with a shortcut on the start menu pointing to the
> program executable. However the icon is never displayed for the shortcut.
> I've tried placing an icon file in the program folder and then using that
as
> the source of the shortcut's icon. But that works only sometimes. When I
> have set it up and it has worked, a later build results in it
disappearing.
>
> John
>
>

"John M" <john.nospam@mercury-projects.co.nz.nospam> wrote in message
news:i%job.4131$ws.393173@news02.tsnz.net...
> I have found the cause... it seems strange to me.
>
> The MSI has two MSIs nested inside it. The shortcuts will still display
with
> them nested. However, when I add rows to the tables to executes the nested
> MSIs, it is then that the shortcuts no longer display. Below are the rows
> added.
>
> CustomAction
> ============
> UninstallEM 7 EventManagementProxy.MSI REMOVE=ALL
> InstallEM 7 EventManagementProxy.MSI REMOTESERVERNAME=[REMOTESERVERNAME]
> InstallBB 7 BigBrotherProxy.MSI REMOTESERVERNAME=[REMOTESERVERNAME]
> UninstallBB 7 BigBrotherProxy.MSI REMOVE=ALL
>
> InstallExecuteSequence
> ======================
> InstallEM $C__1B142B6D610B4A06BC10CD77780CE57B >2 5601
> UninstallEM $C__1B142B6D610B4A06BC10CD77780CE57B <=2 5602
> InstallBB $C__1B142B6D610B4A06BC10CD77780CE57B >2 5603
> UninstallBB $C__1B142B6D610B4A06BC10CD77780CE57B <=2 5604
>
> Property
> ========
> ALLUSERS 1
>
> Why do those rows cause the icons in the program shortcut to not show?
>
> $C__1B142B6D610B4A06BC10CD77780CE57B refers to one of the DLLs used by the
> application.
>
> The only thing I can possibly think of is the sequence values. Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
> John
>
>
> "John M" <john.nospam@mercury-projects.co.nz.nospam> wrote in message
> news:GHjob.4130$ws.392957@news02.tsnz.net...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a setup project with a shortcut on the start menu pointing to the
> > program executable. However the icon is never displayed for the
shortcut.
> > I've tried placing an icon file in the program folder and then using
that
> as
> > the source of the shortcut's icon. But that works only sometimes. When I
> > have set it up and it has worked, a later build results in it
> disappearing.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
>