We have a problem where shared desktop icons don't reinstall correctly if the product is first uninstalled. Background:
ALLUSERSPROFILE gets the value for ProgramData instead of Users\Public.
MSI (c) (D0:34) [15:47:53:727]: Doing action: setAllUsersProfile2K Action 15:47:53: setAllUsersProfile2K. Action start 15:47:53: setAllUsersProfile2K. MSI (c) (D0:34) [15:47:53:727]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding ALLUSERSPROFILE property. Its value is 'C:\ProgramData'. Action ended 15:47:53: setAllUsersProfile2K. Return value 1.
The corresponding environment variable on the platform is also "ProgramData":
echo %allusersprofile% C:\ProgramData
The property PUBLIC gets the correct path.
MSI (c) (D0:34) [15:47:53:727]: Doing action: setPublicProfileVista Action 15:47:53: setPublicProfileVista. Action start 15:47:53: setPublicProfileVista. MSI (c) (D0:34) [15:47:53:727]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Adding PUBLIC property. Its value is 'C:\Users\Public'. Action ended 15:47:53: setPublicProfileVista. Return value 1.
If a component in the install also has a shortcut then the cycle of install/uninstall/install results in the component installing to ProgramData\Desktop instead of Users\Public Desktop.
How can we make this work correctly?
However, on the first install a Component that installs to [ALLUSERSPROFILE]Desktop correctly places its files in C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop on Windows Server 2012 R2. These files also uninstall correctly.
