I added a deployment project to my solution and when through the
process of setting it all up.
When I run my installer it does everything correctly apart from the
fact that the shortcut on the desktop and the program files menu
points not to the exe file but to the folder the exe file is in.

When I go into my deployment project and try to change the target
property of the shortcut it only lets me choose "Application Folder".
I can not choose the exe.

What am I doing wrong ?

Re: Desktop shortcut when deploying by Kevin

Kevin
Fri Aug 17 06:27:24 CDT 2007

You create the shortcut to the executable from the executable file in the
deployment project, and then move it to the desktop folder.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"bede" <diamond2165@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I added a deployment project to my solution and when through the
> process of setting it all up.
> When I run my installer it does everything correctly apart from the
> fact that the shortcut on the desktop and the program files menu
> points not to the exe file but to the folder the exe file is in.
>
> When I go into my deployment project and try to change the target
> property of the shortcut it only lets me choose "Application Folder".
> I can not choose the exe.
>
> What am I doing wrong ?
>



Re: Desktop shortcut when deploying by bede

bede
Fri Aug 17 08:39:19 CDT 2007

I still cant get that to work.

When I add a shortcut in my application folder of my deployment
project it still only lets me point to the folder and not the exe.



Re: Desktop shortcut when deploying by Kevin

Kevin
Mon Aug 20 06:00:21 CDT 2007

You must be crating a shortcut to the folder, rather than the executable,
then.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP

DSI PrintManager, Miradyne Component Libraries:
http://www.miradyne.net

"bede" <diamond2165@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I still cant get that to work.
>
> When I add a shortcut in my application folder of my deployment
> project it still only lets me point to the folder and not the exe.
>
>