Marcus
1/31/2010 5:25:00 PM
On 31 Jan, 10:22, Marcus <marcussilf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 Jan, 19:48, "Phil Wilson" <pdjwil...@nospam.cox.net> wrote:
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> > "Killed" isn't very informative. Does it crash with an error? Silently
> > terminate?
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> > Phil Wilson
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> > "Marcus" <marcussilf...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >news:af318711-86c6-44f6-ba1f-e2ff378aa58f@k41g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
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> > > Hi
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> > > I have this deployment project in VS2008 where I have 2 applications
> > > (exe:s) packed in the msi. Both will be put in a %ProgramFiles%/
> > > myFolder at install time. Lets call the applications A and B.
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> > > For application A a shortcut is also created on the Windows start
> > > menu.
> > > The really strange thing is that when application B is running and the
> > > user starts application A from the start menu, then application B is
> > > brutally killed.
> > > If however application B is running and the user starts application A
> > > from its target location instead, then B is not killed (which of
> > > course is the behaviour that I am looking for)
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> > > Does someone have an idea why B is killed when starting A from the
> > > startmenu shortcut?
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> > > thanks- Dölj citerad text -
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> > - Visa citerad text -
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> Thanks for answering Phil.
> Sorry for not being clear. Well it is not closed gracefully at all.
> Windows claims that it has stopped working or something alike. A
> couple of more hints:
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> * When I click the shortcut in the startmenu then Vista asks me to
> confirm my action (something like "an unidentified program is trying
> to..."). If I on the other hand starts application A from its target
> location in %ProgramFiles%/myFolder instead then Vista just launches A
> right away.
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> * If I in my deployment project puts the exe file of A physically in
> the startmenu instead of just having a shortcut there, then things
> works ok after install.
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> So the problem seams to be with the shortcut- Dölj citerad text -
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> - Visa citerad text -
I just discovered something more... If I install it on Windows XP
instead of Vista, then when clicking the shortcut on the startmenu it
looks like something is installing or something and then followed by a
popup recommending me to reboot since I have changed the
configuration.