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Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:18 am**

Hi,

I have a problem with UNC paths in my setup. I'm creating some predefined shortcuts in the start menu that call my application with some commandline arguments. On of this artgument is a UNC-Path (\\server\share\file.txt). The UNC-Path doesn't work after the installation as IA crops the first Backslash and the result "myapp.exe /d \\server\share\file.txt" gets "myapp.exe /d \server\share\file.txt" which doesn't work. I tried to workaround this with the use of "Replace" but it doesn't work for me. Is there any workaround?

Thanks in advance,

Sven

Posted: **Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:46 am**

O.K., I found a workaround:

create a variable $TEST$ that holds the servername with slashes -> $TEST$="\\server"
set this variable again with additional Slahes -> TEST=\\$TEST$
use this variable with additional slashes in the arguments -> \\$TEST$\share\file.txt

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~InstallAware Clipboard Data~
~Create Shortcut~
~{45822F88-B0E3-4196-8E6B-3F3F7EBBF31F}~
~$TARGETDIR$\myapp.exe~
~Shortcut1~
~$SHORTCUTFOLDER$~
~~
~/para1 /para2 /f "\\$SHORTCUT_DIR$\share\file.txt"~
~~
~~
~|~
~0|~
~Set Variable~
~{5CCB59C6-3D31-4083-8E81-460DC5B27EEF}~
~SHORTCUT_DIR$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~\\$SHORTCUT_DIR$~
~Set Variable~
~{87EE81CB-A507-47A4-A8E3-AEF30EBBB841}~
~SHORTCUT_DIR$MYAH$MYAH$FALSE~
~\\server~

Nevertheless, I think this is a bug. It's cool that IA filters inadvertently added slashes from paths but the special case: "double slash in the beginning" should be respected.

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