WiX - Icon for shortcut

In this post, I will talk about adding icon for shortcut.

Suppose that, I have a .ico file, named hand.ico. I will use this file to represent for Desktop shortcut and Start Menu shortcut.

1. Add icon for Desktop shortcut.

In the Product.wxs file, find lines of code that say:

<Shortcut Id="ApplicationDesktopShortcut"
Name="AutoClick_FirstBlood"
Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]AutoClick_FirstBlood.exe"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" />

Replace it with the following lines of code:

<Shortcut Id="ApplicationDesktopShortcut"
Name="AutoClick_FirstBlood"
Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]AutoClick_FirstBlood.exe"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
Icon="handIcon1">
<Icon Id="handIcon1" SourceFile="C:\FilesToAdd\icon\hand.ico"/>
</Shortcut>

 2. Add icon for Start Menu shortcut

In the Product.wxs file, find lines of code that say:

<Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut"
Name="AutoClick_FirstBlood"
Description="AutoClick_FirstBlood - an simple application about mouse events."
Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]AutoClick_FirstBlood.exe"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER" />

Replace it with the following lines of code:

<Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut"
Name="AutoClick_FirstBlood"
Description="AutoClick_FirstBlood - an simple application about mouse events."
Target="[INSTALLFOLDER]AutoClick_FirstBlood.exe"
WorkingDirectory="INSTALLFOLDER"
Icon="handIcon2">
<Icon Id="handIcon2" SourceFile="C:\FilesToAdd\icon\hand.ico"/>
</Shortcut>

3. Rebuild the WiX project. 

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