[Wix 5] The .NET SDK/Runtime/Hosting bundle installer displays name and icons are incorrect in the taskbar

[EmilyFeng97]

REGRESSION INFO: This is a new feature changes from 10.0 RC1

INSTALL STEPS:

1. Clean Win11 x64 ENU machine
2. Download the .NET SDK 10.0 RTM from coherent build

Platform

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux

Repro Steps

1. Open the installer.exe via double click

Actual Result
Issue 1: The installer name is WIX Standard Bootstrapper Application when right-click the installer in the taskbar.

Issue 2: The icon displays inconsistently after pinning or unpinning the installer from the taskbar.

• Not pinned to the taskbar:

• After pin to taskbar:

• After unpin from taskbar:

Expect Result
The installer name should display the specific SDK version, and the display icon should not change after pinning or unpinning the installer from the taskbar.

Note:

1. This issue also repro on the .NET SDK 10.0 RC2 and RC1 installers.
2. This issue also repro on ASP.NET Core Runtime installer and the Hosting Bundle installer.

Error Log

[joeloff]

Pinning the installer doesn't really make sense, because it runs from a temporary location. If you look at wixstdba, you'll notice this

There were changes in v5 to run some of the bootstrapper pieces out of proc and in v3/v4, there were some additional mitigations to name bundle executables setup.exe - this is treated specially by Windows and would restrict pinning.

The old icon you're seeing is also coming from the built-in BA.

Related issues in v5:
https://github.com/orgs/wixtoolset/discussions/8975
https://github.com/orgs/wixtoolset/discussions/8631