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wix - shortcut icon for website

I'm new on wix. In need to create a shortcut to a local website.

It works fine and creates the shorcuts, but it doesn't show any icon on start menu and desktop... The website has favicon file and when I open the site I can see it perfectly - I just don't see it in the shortcut. I tried to google it but I didn't find a good answer for util:InternetShortcut..

My code is:

<DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
  <Component Id="ApplicationShortcutBBBApp" Guid="---">
    <util:InternetShortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcutBBBApp"
                    Name="BBB"
                    Target="http://localhost/BBB"/>
    <util:InternetShortcut Id="ApplicationDesktopShortcutBBBApp"
                    Name="BBB"
                    Directory="DesktopFolder"
                    Target="http://localhost/BBB"/>
    <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Microsoft\BBB" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
  </Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Solution

  • InternetShortcut doesn't support specifying an icon like a normal Shortcut. There's an open feature request for that. Technically, IUniformResourceLocator shortcuts in Windows don't support icons, though IShellLink shortcuts do.