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Shortcut launches install and program???

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Golden - 23 Aug 2006 21:06 GMT
I created a shortcut to a program that I am installing.  I created the
shortcut by right clicking on the program in the application folder, and
selecting "Create Shortcut", then dragging the shortcut into a folder I
created under the "User's Programs Menu".  Whenever I click on this shortcut
after being installed, the installer is relaunched as well as the program.  
How can I get this to just launch the program (and not the install?)
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Phil Wilson - 23 Aug 2006 22:26 GMT
It looks like it's going into repair mode. Did you remove any files after
you installed the product?
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>I created a shortcut to a program that I am installing.  I created the
> shortcut by right clicking on the program in the application folder, and
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> after being installed, the installer is relaunched as well as the program.
> How can I get this to just launch the program (and not the install?)
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Golden - 23 Aug 2006 22:49 GMT
Phil:

You're a genius!  I WAS removing a file (one that I wrote to launch another
install as a custom action).  It is a self-deleting executable.  Is there a
way to indicate that this file should not be checked?

> It looks like it's going into repair mode. Did you remove any files after
> you installed the product?
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Phil Wilson - 25 Aug 2006 02:39 GMT
Not really - there are multiple paths into repair, including the case you
saw and options in Add/Remove Programs or right-clicking the original MSI
file.
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>> It looks like it's going into repair mode. Did you remove any files after
>> you installed the product?
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Will Crapser - 06 Nov 2006 18:22 GMT
I'm having the same problem; and it starts happening right after a fresh and error-free install (i.e. nothing has happened (that I know of) to cause a repair to be needed).

Do you have any suggestions of where to start looking for a problem?

Thanks in advance.

--Will
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