badgenes
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Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:34 pm

Cannot Create Desktop Shortcut VS Extension

Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:38 pm

Using free version (trial) of Advanced Installer and the VS Extension I can create a project and add my .net 6.0 Publish profile to it and build an installer. However no shortcuts are created and in the configuration in VS I cannot add shortcuts (or I cannot figure out how).

Thank you,
badgenes

Catalin
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Re: Cannot Create Desktop Shortcut VS Extension

Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:19 pm

Hello badgenes and welcome to our forums,

In order to create a shortcut for your application, you can proceed as it follows:

- open your Visual Studio solution

- select the Advanced Installer project

- click on the "Open in Advanced Installer" button

- go to "Files and Folders" page & select the file for which you want to create a shortcut

- right click on it --> "New Shortcut to" --> "Installed File"

- input the name for the shortcut and its location

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Catalin
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