Deployment to Quick Launch Toolbar
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I've developed an application and would like as part of the setup to place an Icon on the Desktop and the Quick Launch toolbar. Ideally, I'd like to ask the client if they would like this to be done. Thanks, cb
You just need to create a shortcut to your application's EXE in the directories designated for quick launch and desktop shortcuts \Documents and Settings\
_username_\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch and, \Documents and Settings\_username_\Application Data\Desktop where_username_is the name of the current user Gurmeet
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You just need to create a shortcut to your application's EXE in the directories designated for quick launch and desktop shortcuts \Documents and Settings\
_username_\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch and, \Documents and Settings\_username_\Application Data\Desktop where_username_is the name of the current user Gurmeet
BTW, can Google help me search my lost pajamas?
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Thanks alot. I did a search for th quicklaunch folder but it I could'nt find it. You set me on the correct path. I had the Desktop nailed and will probably use "all users". This all being said, how do you create these two short cuts within the setup routine???? Thanks, cb
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You just need to create a shortcut to your application's EXE in the directories designated for quick launch and desktop shortcuts \Documents and Settings\
_username_\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch and, \Documents and Settings\_username_\Application Data\Desktop where_username_is the name of the current user Gurmeet
BTW, can Google help me search my lost pajamas?
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Gurmeet S. Kochar wrote: \Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Desktop Actually, get rid of "Application Data" here. It's just \Documents and Settings\username\Desktop.
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Thanks alot. I did a search for th quicklaunch folder but it I could'nt find it. You set me on the correct path. I had the Desktop nailed and will probably use "all users". This all being said, how do you create these two short cuts within the setup routine???? Thanks, cb
If you use the Windows Installer projects to deploy your application, open the file system editor view, right-click on the root folder ("File System on Target Machine") and add the "User's Desktop" (if not there already) ad "User's Application Data". To the latter folder, add sub-directories like Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch". Now, here's the trick. You'll need to compile the package and use something like Orca - an MSI package editor from the Windows Installer SDK - to go the Property table and create a new property called "ALLUSERS" and set the value to 2. You can't really do this in VS.NET's installer project because it frankly stinks. This is a cinche in professional packages like those from Wise Solutions[^] and Install Shield[^].
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If you use the Windows Installer projects to deploy your application, open the file system editor view, right-click on the root folder ("File System on Target Machine") and add the "User's Desktop" (if not there already) ad "User's Application Data". To the latter folder, add sub-directories like Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch". Now, here's the trick. You'll need to compile the package and use something like Orca - an MSI package editor from the Windows Installer SDK - to go the Property table and create a new property called "ALLUSERS" and set the value to 2. You can't really do this in VS.NET's installer project because it frankly stinks. This is a cinche in professional packages like those from Wise Solutions[^] and Install Shield[^].
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Thank you. You know for something as common as asking a user "Do you want a shortcut on your quick launch toolbar" and/or "Do you want a shortcut placed on your desktop" and then have them check the appropriate checkboxes should not be so difficult. Since I own the community that this applications is going to be distributed to, I don't have to ask the questions. I've downloaded Orca and will give it a whirl. I've googled this to death and there isn't much out there. Thanks again. cb
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Thank you. You know for something as common as asking a user "Do you want a shortcut on your quick launch toolbar" and/or "Do you want a shortcut placed on your desktop" and then have them check the appropriate checkboxes should not be so difficult. Since I own the community that this applications is going to be distributed to, I don't have to ask the questions. I've downloaded Orca and will give it a whirl. I've googled this to death and there isn't much out there. Thanks again. cb
It's not difficult if you use the right tools. VS.NET is meant to be a simple deployment solution. If one is knowledgable about Windows Installer (I've been using it since 1.0 beta days and even beta test it for Microsoft) you can use tools like Orca. There's also commercial tools out there that make these sort of things easy. VS.NET is not a viable solution for anything other than installing files and running custom actions written in .NET using the
Installerclass (perhaps a few other things, though not much).Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
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It's not difficult if you use the right tools. VS.NET is meant to be a simple deployment solution. If one is knowledgable about Windows Installer (I've been using it since 1.0 beta days and even beta test it for Microsoft) you can use tools like Orca. There's also commercial tools out there that make these sort of things easy. VS.NET is not a viable solution for anything other than installing files and running custom actions written in .NET using the
Installerclass (perhaps a few other things, though not much).Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
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I already provided links to two of the most well-known commerical tools for Windows Installer packages in this thread, sorted in order of my personal preference and cost (ISFWI is WAY too expensive and slow to support features unlike Wise).
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I already provided links to two of the most well-known commerical tools for Windows Installer packages in this thread, sorted in order of my personal preference and cost (ISFWI is WAY too expensive and slow to support features unlike Wise).
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