Installer.ShortcutTarget property

The ShortcutTarget property of the Installer object examines a shortcut and returns its product, feature name, and component if available.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = Installer.ShortcutTarget

Property value

Full path and file name for the file.

Remarks

ShortcutTarget returns a Record object that contains three fields:

  • Field 1 is a GUID for the product code of the shortcut, if available. This field can be null.
  • Field 2 is the Feature ID of the shortcut, if available. This field can be null.
  • Field 3 is a GUID for the component code, if available. This field can be null.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
DLL
Msi.dll
IID
IID_IInstaller is defined as 000C1090-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

See also

MsiGetFeatureState

MsiGetComponentState