Install shortcut from VS2010 installation
VS2010 contains an "installer project that creates an installer package. I need a shortcut for an application to be installed on users desktop. A flashy shortcut I know how to create with install / install is a special shortcut and I can't use it to drop files onto it (and run the app from within it) Does anyone know how to create a complete functionality-shortcut that will follow the user-specified install path (if it changes it)?
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To create a shortcut in a Visual Studio setup project, you can try this:
- go to file system editor
- select the "Custom Desktop" folder
- right click in the right pane (file list)
- select the "Create new shortcut" context menu
- select the desired file when prompted
I'm not sure what you mean by "custom shortcut", but this is the only type of shortcut you can create with Visual Studio.
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You probably need to disable advertised shortcuts with a tool like Orca. More details here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/d87e8737-dc71-4a5d-a3e7-6653888dd129/?prof=required
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