[wix-users] Change icon's default location

[Blair Murri]

On upgrades I reinstall (overwrite) the shortcuts. Never had a problem with the icons.

Sent from my Windows 10 phone

From: Gustavo Calheiros via wix-users<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 2:56 AM
To: Hoover, Jacob<mailto:Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>
Cc: Gustavo Calheiros<mailto:gustavorlc at gmail.com>; WiX Toolset Users Mailing List<mailto:wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
Subject: Re: [wix-users] Change icon's default location

I tried to use a .EXE as icon resource, but in this case the .EXE is also
copied to the GUID path. I guess with the DLL would be the same.

2018-02-14 19:19 GMT+01:00 Hoover, Jacob <Jacob.Hoover at greenheck.com>:

> Use a resource only DLL which has embedded icons which you install?
>
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> Subject: [wix-users] Change icon's default location
>
> Hello
>
> I have a project where I definied one icon as below:
>
> <Icon Id="myicon.ico" SourceFile="myicon.ico" />
>
> When the installation finishes, this Icon is stored at
> "C:\Windows\Installer\<GUID>\myicon.ico"
>
> So any shortcuts created by the user will reference an icon pointed by
> this path with GUID.
>
> The problem is that when I install a new version of the software, another
> GUID will be generated, and despite the fact that the shortcut will still
> work, its icon will be blank (new installation erases old GUID path and
> creates a new one, making the old icon path invalid).
>
> Question: How to make my ICON be stored in the folder where my program is
> installed, instead of this GUID path?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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