I want to create an .msi installer that will add a cascading context menu when I right-click my mouse on my desktop. First, I tried doing this using the following script, and this works fine:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\MyApp]
"MUIVerb"="My Application"
"SubCommands"="app1;app2"
"Position"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\app1]
@="Run App1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\app1\command]
@="C:\\app1.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\app2]
@="Run App2"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\app2\command]
@="C:\\app2.exe"
However, when I tried doing the same in WiX toolset, this no longer works. I can view "My Application" when I right-click on the desktop, but there are no cascading menus ("Run App1" and "Run App2" are not displayed). Here's my XML code:
<DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">
<Component Id="RegistryEntries" Guid="ADF145F9-D3C0-4961-A463-812595B9BF60">
<RegistryKey Root="HKCR"
Key="DesktopBackground\Shell\MyApp"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="MUIVerb" Value="My Application" KeyPath="yes"/>
<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="SubCommands" Value="app1;app2"/>
</RegistryKey>
<RegistryKey Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\app1"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Type="string" Value="Run App1"/>
<RegistryValue Key="command" Type="string" Value="C:\app1.exe"/>
</RegistryKey>
<RegistryKey Root="HKLM"
Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\app2"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Type="string" Value="Run App2"/>
<RegistryValue Key="command" Type="string" Value="C:\app2.exe"/>
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Please help me solve the problem. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!