Hi,

I have created an application that uses a setup project. I have created a new version that removes the old version and installs like it should. The problem is that when i launch the new version it access the install msi file. This is an issue if someone deletes the msi file after installing.I thought itmight have something to do with visual studio creating advertised shortcuts so I downloaded Orca and added the DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1 row to the property table. The problem is that once I run the updated msi file the desktop and the start menu shortcuts just dissapear.

Thanks for any suggestions

Hi morning,

Could you please provide the detail steps of setting the DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS property? I created a same project and did not meet your issue. Please follow this link to check the steps:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/ea16bb03-e6ad-4008-b3aa-4b92da24e67f.

You can get more information about DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368297(VS.85).aspx.

Let me know if this helps.
Aland Li

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Hi Aland Li

I opened the msi file inorcathat is created by visual studio. I select the properties table on the left side and and a new row. I enterDISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS and 1 for the value. Then I save and run the msi file. When I do this no shortcuts are available. If i run this without theDISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS row the shortcuts appear.

Thanks