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copied!<p>I am using the HeatDirectory task in a Wix-Project to fetch some files. I would furthermore like to use a symlink in the HeatDirectory <em>Directory</em> parameter to always use the folder the shortcut is pointing to. However, it seems the parameter feels not very comfortable with this symlink, so I tried creating a workaround by copying the files before harvesting them.</p> <pre><code><Exec Command="xcopy \\myFileServer\Shortcut2LatestFiles\*.* c:\mytmp" ContinueOnError="true"/> <HeatDirectory OutputFile="files.wxs" Directory="c:\mytmp" (... some more parameters ...) /> </code></pre> <p>Unfortunately this workaround is not working, because xcopy does not resolve the symlink either. Anyway I am not very happy about it and would prefer heat to directly use the shortcut. Is there a way to do so?</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> the missing part actually were the quotes, like Alexey suggested - the xcopy part is working if I use</p> <pre><code><Exec Command="xcopy &quot;c:\TestFolderSymlink&quot; &quot;c:\testtarget\&quot; /y" /> </code></pre> <p>Funny enough they do not seem to be required on the command line.</p> <p><strong>EDIT 2:</strong> using the quotes, the direct use of the symlink in the heatdirectory task is possible too. However, be aware I am using a symlink (created by mklink, some info <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link" rel="nofollow">here</a>) here, not a shortcut (.lnk-File). Actually the Shortcut will not work this way.</p>

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