prevent %TEMP% replacement

[FrancescoT]

Dear Jeroen,

... please excuse me, but seems that I forgot to test your package.

Let me see.
Regards

[FrancescoT]

Dear Jeroen,

I have just tested your project ... but it doen't contain any %TEMP% definition with the uninstall shortcut.

Anyway, I have added two additional shortcuts to your original project as follow;

1# ShortCut1 - uses %TEMP%.
2# ShortCut2 - uses a custom variable ENV_SYSTEM_TMP that holds the value of the "TMP" System Environment variable from; "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment".

These are my results!

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You find attached a copy of your edited project.

Regards

[oti]

Dear Francesco,

You're correct when you enter %TEMP% into the "shortcut to File" in IA (see IA_shortcut_1.png), but when you put the same value in the "Startup In Folder" the value gets replaced (see shortcut1.png).

Best regards,

Jeroen

[FrancescoT]

Dear Jerome,

... at this point I am not sure to follow you anymore.

Undisputed that putting the same value in the "Startup In Folder" this gets replaced ... if I am not wrong, your target is to have this pointing to the SYSTEM TMP variable, why don't you use "%SystemRoot%\TEMP" instead?

Regards

[oti]

My target is to prevent %TEMP% being replaced in the "Start in Folder" section.

Using %SystemRoot%\TEMP is not an option for us.

Jeroen

[FrancescoT]

Dear Jeroen,

Unfortunately, the MSI engine replaces that value and using the MSI engine, it is not possible to change this behavior ( ...just tested).

However, if you use the InstallAware Native Engine this seems to not occur ( ...just tested even in this case).

Hope this helps you.

Regards.

[oti]

So there is no way to prevent the replacement as described in: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx ?

if not, is there an option to do a post file modify (modify the shortcut), or does this mess up the uninstall?

[FrancescoT]

Dear Jeroen,

So there is no way to prevent the replacement as described in: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 85%29.aspx ?

As I told you previously, it seems not possible via Windows Installer Engine.

if not, is there an option to do a post file modify (modify the shortcut), or does this mess up the uninstall?

You should use the Shell Links API ... I never tried, but I believe that it is possible to modify an existing shortcut using those API.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969393.aspx

Regards