SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's
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Evan Beeton
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Hello,
Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Blair-2
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For the installing user, you can use the SendToFolder property as a
Directory\@Id (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371615(VS.85).aspx). Altering profiles that are not loaded breaks roaming profiles in a really bad way (which may be why the initial release of Vista didn't include in Windows Installer the permission required to load profiles). -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's Hello, Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Bazarewsky, Michael C.
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by Evan Beeton
This isn't directly answering your question but if you are willing to continue living with VBScript you could ask it for the folder path. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0ea7b5xe(VS.85).aspx)
-----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's Hello, Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Evan Beeton
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by Blair-2
Blair, could you elaborate on how writing shortcuts into unloaded profiles breaks things?
Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:58 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject For the installing user, you can use the SendToFolder property as a Directory\@Id (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371615(VS.85).aspx). Altering profiles that are not loaded breaks roaming profiles in a really bad way (which may be why the initial release of Vista didn't include in Windows Installer the permission required to load profiles). -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's Hello, Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Wilson, Phil
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One more note - IIRC MSI's advertised shortcuts aren't drop targets and don't show up in the SendTo context menu even when they're in the SendTo folder. You'll need a non advertised shortcut.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 6:04 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject Blair, could you elaborate on how writing shortcuts into unloaded profiles breaks things? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:58 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject For the installing user, you can use the SendToFolder property as a Directory\@Id (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371615(VS.85).aspx). Altering profiles that are not loaded breaks roaming profiles in a really bad way (which may be why the initial release of Vista didn't include in Windows Installer the permission required to load profiles). -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's Hello, Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BF (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/legal/default.asp?top_nav_id=77&nav_id=80&prev_id=77. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 7821 3848 or e-mail [hidden email]. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Blair-2
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by Evan Beeton
I will name boxes X & Y, and consider users A & B.
User A logs into box X, then logs out and logs into box Y, where they make several changes in their profile. User B logs into box X, then installs an application that changes user A's profile. Later when user A logs into box X, the profiles are not merged. Instead, changes (some, all, I don't know) from box Y are ignored, since the changes by B to A's profile are newer than the changes by A themselves on Y. That can lead to broken experiences, missing data, and a whole slew of other issues. -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 6:04 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject Blair, could you elaborate on how writing shortcuts into unloaded profiles breaks things? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:58 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject For the installing user, you can use the SendToFolder property as a Directory\@Id (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371615(VS.85).aspx). Altering profiles that are not loaded breaks roaming profiles in a really bad way (which may be why the initial release of Vista didn't include in Windows Installer the permission required to load profiles). -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's Hello, Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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Evan Beeton
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Thanks for the edification.
-----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 3:12 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and alluser profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject - Email found in subject I will name boxes X & Y, and consider users A & B. User A logs into box X, then logs out and logs into box Y, where they make several changes in their profile. User B logs into box X, then installs an application that changes user A's profile. Later when user A logs into box X, the profiles are not merged. Instead, changes (some, all, I don't know) from box Y are ignored, since the changes by B to A's profile are newer than the changes by A themselves on Y. That can lead to broken experiences, missing data, and a whole slew of other issues. -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 6:04 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject Blair, could you elaborate on how writing shortcuts into unloaded profiles breaks things? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Blair [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:58 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profileson multiple OS's - Email found in subject For the installing user, you can use the SendToFolder property as a Directory\@Id (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371615(VS.85).aspx). Altering profiles that are not loaded breaks roaming profiles in a really bad way (which may be why the initial release of Vista didn't include in Windows Installer the permission required to load profiles). -----Original Message----- From: Evan Beeton [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [WiX-users] SendTo shortcut for default and all user profiles on multiple OS's Hello, Does anyone know of a concise way to create a "SendTo" shortcut for the default user and all existing user profiles on XP, Vista and Windows 7? Our current approach uses a VBScript custom action to look for hard-coded paths in %USERPROFILE%. We have one script for Vista and one for XP, and are facing having a third for Windows 7. We haven't been able to find any way to do this directly in WiX. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users |
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