Hello all,

I have a Windows Forms project that is configurable via configuration files. I also have a setup project that installs the Windows Forms application and a set of "standard" configuration files. The problem is that, after installing, if I remove one of the configuration files then when I try to run the application it will try to reinstall the missing file automatically.

Is there a property to the file that can be set in the setup project that can help me get around this behavior?

Thanks,
-fakepoo

I have done some more research and it appears that this is the behavior of an "advertised shortcut". This means that the shortcut on the desktop will check for missing files/components before running the program.

Any idea how to disable this?

Thanks,
-fakepoo

After googling a bit more, it looks as though Visual Studio does not give access to this property. It appears that you must somehow set DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS=1 within the MSI table.

Hi fakepoo,

You can use WiRunSql.vbs in the Windows Installer SDK to add DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS property value. Here is a way provided by Phil Wilson.
http://www.dotnetmonster.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/vs-net-setup/921/Set-DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS-property-in-VS-NET-setup-project

If you have anything unclear, please feel free to tell me.

Sincerely,
Kira Qian

---

Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.
Welcome to the All-In-One Code Framework!