How to make a shortcut with Wix v4 Heat Harvesting?

[OgreTransporter]

I would like to create a shortcut from an exe to the StartMenuFolder and DesktopFolder for all users using Wix (4.0.2) for a Heat Harvested application.

The harvest works well, all files are there during installation. I have written this accordingly in the .wixproj file:

  <ItemGroup>
    <HarvestDirectory Include="..\bin\$(Configuration)\net6.0-windows\">
      <ComponentGroupName>HarvestedComponents</ComponentGroupName>
      <DirectoryRefId>APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY</DirectoryRefId>
      <SuppressRootDirectory>true</SuppressRootDirectory>
      <SuppressCom>true</SuppressCom>
      <SuppressRegistry>true</SuppressRegistry>
    </HarvestDirectory>
    <BindPath Include="..\bin\$(Configuration)\net6.0-windows\" />
  </ItemGroup>

<Wix xmlns="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs" xmlns:netfx="http://wixtoolset.org/schemas/v4/wxs/netfx">
  <Package UpgradeCode="GUID" Version="1.0.0.0" Name="My Application" Manufacturer="Manufacturer" Scope="perMachine">
    <MajorUpgrade DowngradeErrorMessage="A later version of My Application is already installed. Setup will now exit." />
    <Media Id="1" Cabinet="myapplication.cab" EmbedCab="yes" />
    <netfx:DotNetCompatibilityCheck Property="DOTNETRUNTIMECHECK" RollForward="major" RuntimeType="desktop" Version="6.0.0" Platform="x64" />
		
    <StandardDirectory Id="ProgramFiles64Folder">
      <Directory Id="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Name="My Application" />
    </StandardDirectory>
		
    <Component Id="ShortcutsSetup" Directory="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" Guid="GUID">
      <Shortcut Id="StartMenuShortcut" Directory="StartMenuFolder" Target="myapplication.exe" Name="My Application" WorkingDirectory="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" />
      <Shortcut Id="DesktopShortcut" Directory="DesktopFolder" Target="myapplication.exe" Name="My Application" WorkingDirectory="APPLICATIONROOTDIRECTORY" />
      <RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="Software\Manufacturer\My Application" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
    </Component>
		
    <Feature Id="MainApplication" Title="My Application" Level="1">
      <ComponentGroupRef Id="HarvestedComponents"/>
      <ComponentRef Id="ShortcutsSetup"/>
    </Feature>
  </Package>
</Wix>

1>D:\MyApplication\Setup\MyApplication.wxs(17): error WIX0204: ICE43: Component ShortcutsSetup has non-advertised shortcuts. It's KeyPath registry key should fall under HKCU.
1>D:\MyApplication\Setup\MyApplication.wxs(14): error WIX0204: ICE57: Component 'ShortcutsSetup' has both per-user and per-machine data with a per-machine KeyPath.

I don't understand it. Is it not possible to create shortscuts on files from the harvest? For a global installation, HKLM and not HKCU must be used, right?

[robmen]

StartMenuFolder and DesktopFolder are in the user profile, so the Windows Installer wants per-user resources as the KeyPath. I happen to go off on a tangent and talk about this Windows Installer design decision in a good bit of detail in the latter part of Episode 51 in the Deployment Dojo.