Craig

Can't add .URL files to package

I'm using version 1.3. When I go to add an internet shortcut (.URL file), I see weirdness. Sometimes it will add it, but the Source will incorrectly show as a file in my Temporary Internet Files folder, and the Name will show incorrectly. For example, if I add:

filename: Windows XP SP1a Corporate Deployment Tools.url
Source: c:\blah\sysprep\xp

Advanced Installer will add it, but will show:

filename: deploytools[1].asp
source: D:\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WT0LEJOX\deploytools[1].asp

If I try adding several files at once, and one of them is a .URL file, I usually get the error "foo.url - The above file name is invalid."

The other symptom that really threw me for a while until I discovered that .URL files were the problem - if you add a folder, and the folder contains a .URL file - when you install your MSI package, if you change the destination folder, it will still create a folder at the default destinaton location, under which it'll put the folders which have .URL files in them.

Thanks,
Craig
Cata
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Thanks, Craig,

We'll investigate.

Cata
Catalin Rotaru - Advanced Installer Team
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Hi Craig,

We were able to reproduce this bug and we have a fix. The fix will be included in the next release.

Thanks,
Cata
Catalin Rotaru - Advanced Installer Team
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