Deloyment Question

[Larry J Siddens]

I have a question about deployment of a C# application. I see in the MSDN how to create a shortcut to the desktop, but for the life of me, I cannot see how to setup the Start menu. Can anyone please point me into the right direction? Thanks Larry J. Siddens

[Tarakeshwar]

If I am not wrong in understanding what your question is. Why not create a setup kit for your application. You could write to the registry. You could create a program group in the start Menu.

[Heath Stewart]

You don't write to the registry to correctly create a program group.

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[Heath Stewart]

Include a Windows Installer project in VS.NET. It's not very robust, but can get the job done. Add the outputs of your other projects in your solution (or the assemblies if working in a different solution, though the former way establishes build dependencies which can be desireable). Add the assemblies to the right folders (or the GAC) in the File System editor, then right-click and create a shortcut to your apps (and any other files, like a help file for example). Drag that shortcut to the Desktop folder or to a new Programs group (right-click on the top node to show additional special folders, such as the Programs folder). The Windows Installer is a great, transacted installation runtime with many capabilities, though you won't find UIs for all that in the VS.NET Windows Installer project (it's meant to be basic, not commercial-grade for larger applications).

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