From MSI to WiX, Part 26 - Shortcut: To pin or not to pin?
As you may already know, Windows 7 supports setting properties on shortcuts and MSI 5.0 provides MsiShortcutProperty table to enable setting shortcut properties from installation package.
Let's start with updated nonadvertised shortcut sample from Part 10:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?define APPPATH = "D:\Learning\Wix\ShortcutProperty\ConsoleApp\bin\Debug"?>
<Wix xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
<Product Id="59226dd7-6c8a-41f4-900d-697967752465"
Name="ShortcutProperty"
Language="1033"
Version="1.0.0.0"
Manufacturer="ShortcutProperty"
UpgradeCode="256a8e92-2d80-4445-944c-6f3116b2f100">
<Package InstallerVersion="200" Compressed="yes"
InstallScope="perMachine" />
<Media Id="1" Cabinet="media1.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
<Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir">
<Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder">
<Directory Id="INSTALLLOCATION" Name="ShortcutProperty">
<Component Id="Component1"
Guid="{213F41E8-8AD5-4BEA-AFC5-652A02F6596F}"
DiskId="1">
<File Id="ConsoleApp.exe"
Name="ConsoleApp.exe"
Vital="yes"
KeyPath="yes"
Source="$(var.APPPATH)\ConsoleApp.exe" />
</Component>
<Component Id="Component2"
Guid="{7D96A205-F60A-4bd2-AB66-9ADDFD49ED56}"
DiskId="1">
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU"
Key="Software\ShortcutProperty\ConsoleApp"
Name="installed"
Type="integer"
Value="1"
KeyPath="yes"/>
<Shortcut Id="startmenuNonadv"
Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
Advertise="no"
Name="ConsoleApp"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLDIR"
Icon="Icon.exe"
Target="[!ConsoleApp.exe]">
<Icon Id="Icon.exe" SourceFile="$(var.APPPATH)\ConsoleApp.exe" />
</Shortcut>
<RemoveFolder Id="DeleteShortcutFolder"
Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
On="uninstall" />
</Component>
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuFolder" Name="Programs">
<Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="ConsoleApp ShortcutProperty sample" />
</Directory>
</Directory>
<Feature Id="ProductFeature" Title="ShortcutProperty" Level="1">
<ComponentRef Id="Component1" />
<ComponentRef Id="Component2" />
</Feature>
</Product>
</Wix>
After installing this application on Windows 7 you will notice that "ConsoleApp ShortcutProperty sample" menu in "All Programs" is highlighted (indicating that new program is installed) and if you will right-click on "ConsoleApp" shortcut, you'll see "Pin to Taskbar" and "Pin to Start Menu" in the popup menu.
For my application I don't want users to be notified that new application has been installed and I don't want users to be able to pin my application to Taskbar. Here is what we need to add to our shortcut component (inside <Sortcut> element):
<ShortcutProperty Id="ShortcutProperty.ConsoleApp"
Key="System.AppUserModel.PreventPinning"
Value="1" />
<ShortcutProperty Id="ShortcutProperty.ConsoleApp"
Key="System.AppUserModel.ExcludeFromShowInNewInstall"
Value="1" />
Sample project is attached.