Application Shortcuts

[TonySaliba]

At last I have a BETA version of my first .net application. I am encountering a problem with application shortcuts. I created a setup project and installation works fine except that the shortcuts created will try to install the program everytime I double click on them. Creating a shortcut manually will solve the problem.

What I am doing is

1. Build a release version into the bin folder.
2. Run dotfuscator and save the applic.exe to a folder c:\ToRelease containing all my files that will go into the setup.

3. Create a setup project
4. Define a folder to be c:\program files\my app
5. add all files in the ToRelease folder to folder defined in 4
6. Create shortcuts for applic.exe with the properties as

folder: User Desktop
Target: applic (From select item in project)
Working Folder: my app (From select folder)

I repeat the same as 5 for the User's program menu

The shortcuts will be created fine on installation but before running the application they seem to run install again, altough no prompts appear. If I rename the Release folder where the setup is saved the shortcuts will fail with an error. It seems that the shortcut will point to the setup program instead.

I am testing this on Win2000

Any help is appreciated.

[VBCrazyCoder]

If you check the target path of your shortcut (from your install) it won't give you the exact path to the exe as it would if you created the shortcut manually. I came across this same problem recently.

My Solution: Orca

http://www.dotnetforums.net/t76225.html

[TonySaliba]

Many thanks to you VBCrazyCoder

I will give it a try

[Sheppe]

Use a better install system like Inno Setup.