Setup and deployment project Shortcut creating problem
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Hi Facing a problem friends.... plz help I have a windows application with several executable and Dll's, and I am trying to make an installer to packge them all together and generate a Setup program. For this I am using Setup and Deployment project of MSVC 2005. The Installer I am making is working perfectly except It cannot create a desktop shortcut Icon and add a shortcut to the users program menu. The project has an option to select the short cut, but it only allows you to select the folder where the shorcut is and not the executable file for which you want to make the shortcut How do I select the executable file for which I want to make adesktop short cut and Icon ? :confused: Thanx in advance Plz Help
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Hi Facing a problem friends.... plz help I have a windows application with several executable and Dll's, and I am trying to make an installer to packge them all together and generate a Setup program. For this I am using Setup and Deployment project of MSVC 2005. The Installer I am making is working perfectly except It cannot create a desktop shortcut Icon and add a shortcut to the users program menu. The project has an option to select the short cut, but it only allows you to select the folder where the shorcut is and not the executable file for which you want to make the shortcut How do I select the executable file for which I want to make adesktop short cut and Icon ? :confused: Thanx in advance Plz Help
Ranojay wrote:
How do I select the executable file for which I want to make a desktop short cut and Icon ?
By all means click on any such folder, you may see exes and other stuff! If you can't find any in Application Folder, first select your exes and dlls to File System of Setup project. Then do the following steps. 1. Open File System 2. Select User's Desktop 3. Left click on left pane 4. Click on Create Shortcut ... 5. Look in : File System on Target Machine you can see some folders listed as
Application FolderSystem Folderetc Click on the folder. 6. Select the EXE for shortcut. -
Ranojay wrote:
How do I select the executable file for which I want to make a desktop short cut and Icon ?
By all means click on any such folder, you may see exes and other stuff! If you can't find any in Application Folder, first select your exes and dlls to File System of Setup project. Then do the following steps. 1. Open File System 2. Select User's Desktop 3. Left click on left pane 4. Click on Create Shortcut ... 5. Look in : File System on Target Machine you can see some folders listed as
Application FolderSystem Folderetc Click on the folder. 6. Select the EXE for shortcut.Thanks a lot friend.....can u be more specific.. I can do the steps u have mentioned but not these steps 5. Look in : File System on Target Machine you can see some folders listed as Application Folder System Folder etc Click on the folder. 6. Select the EXE for shortcut In my case, after clicking on the create shortcut ... I see the shortcut and the aproperty window... where I cannot select any file as executable...It only gives you the option to browse through folders. I mean I have the shortcut but how do I make it link to the executable file. I am using MSVC 2005 thanks again
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Thanks a lot friend.....can u be more specific.. I can do the steps u have mentioned but not these steps 5. Look in : File System on Target Machine you can see some folders listed as Application Folder System Folder etc Click on the folder. 6. Select the EXE for shortcut In my case, after clicking on the create shortcut ... I see the shortcut and the aproperty window... where I cannot select any file as executable...It only gives you the option to browse through folders. I mean I have the shortcut but how do I make it link to the executable file. I am using MSVC 2005 thanks again
Ranojay wrote:
I see the shortcut and the aproperty window... where I cannot select any file as executable.
Let me confirm your actions; You clicked on User's Desktop icon at the left pane/splitter window of File System tab, to pop-up a submenu and clicked on Create Shortcut on User's Desktop. The result was a new entry, named something like Shortcut to User's Desktop on the right pane/splitter. Is that right ? If so, you just set the Target property of the new shortcut with your desired file name. (No need to specify the folder) - any way am not that much sure about this way. I will give you another fool proof way. Just click User's Desktop, the right pane might be empty now. Click on the right pane so that you get a pop-menu like the one you seen in the previous steps. Select Create New Shortcut , the result will be a File Open Dialog (Step 5 on previous post) and continue the other steps which I described in previous post. :thumbsup: If this one doesn't worked, tell me your personal e-mail id, I will send the screen shots. (I don't know whether I can upload a zip file to Codeproject)
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Ranojay wrote:
I see the shortcut and the aproperty window... where I cannot select any file as executable.
Let me confirm your actions; You clicked on User's Desktop icon at the left pane/splitter window of File System tab, to pop-up a submenu and clicked on Create Shortcut on User's Desktop. The result was a new entry, named something like Shortcut to User's Desktop on the right pane/splitter. Is that right ? If so, you just set the Target property of the new shortcut with your desired file name. (No need to specify the folder) - any way am not that much sure about this way. I will give you another fool proof way. Just click User's Desktop, the right pane might be empty now. Click on the right pane so that you get a pop-menu like the one you seen in the previous steps. Select Create New Shortcut , the result will be a File Open Dialog (Step 5 on previous post) and continue the other steps which I described in previous post. :thumbsup: If this one doesn't worked, tell me your personal e-mail id, I will send the screen shots. (I don't know whether I can upload a zip file to Codeproject)
It works but ... The Icon cannot launch the executable, actually I have a "Bin" folder under application folder where I keep the Binaries... I can select the executable from it..but in the runtime it does'nt serve the purpose and all the file stays even after uninstalltion ... how to deal with that .... here is my email id sen_ranojay@email.com any suggestion and help invited thanks a lot :)
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It works but ... The Icon cannot launch the executable, actually I have a "Bin" folder under application folder where I keep the Binaries... I can select the executable from it..but in the runtime it does'nt serve the purpose and all the file stays even after uninstalltion ... how to deal with that .... here is my email id sen_ranojay@email.com any suggestion and help invited thanks a lot :)
Ranojay wrote:
I can select the executable from it..but in the runtime it does'nt serve the purpose
:confused: You can select the exes but they are not installed ?
Ranojay wrote:
and all the file stays even after uninstalltion ... how to deal with that ....
:confused::confused::confused: How can you un-install the files which you failed to install ?
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Ranojay wrote:
I can select the executable from it..but in the runtime it does'nt serve the purpose
:confused: You can select the exes but they are not installed ?
Ranojay wrote:
and all the file stays even after uninstalltion ... how to deal with that ....
:confused::confused::confused: How can you un-install the files which you failed to install ?
I can Install... I mean I can copy the files and folder on to users system but not prperly. the system is not working perfectly... The user icons are not geting created and ...start menu entries are not added properly... but it surely creates the files and folderd I want to create on users system... and deletion of the files is also not working... Half working ...half not :confused: what to do ...I need the proper steps for creating an installer prperly ;)