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Shortcut Details

There are two types of shortcuts, advertised and command line. Advertised shortcuts create windows installer link files that point to a component within a feature of an msi file. When it is run the windows installer service performs a serious of consistency checks. A command line shortcut is a standard shortcut which points directly to a file.

Wherever possible you should use advertised shortcuts.

Name: This is the key for the table and should always be unique.
Target File: For an advertised shortcut this should contain the key to a file which is to be launched by the shortcut. There is a button which allows you to browse to and select a file in your package.

For command line shortcuts enter the full path to the file which will reside on the target system.

Dest. Directory: This is the directory the shortcut will be created in. Normally this will be a subfolder of the ProgramFileFolder folder (which appears in the start menu), or the DesktopFolder.

Arguments: Here enter any command line arguments that you wish to run the target file with.
Description: The description is displayed when the mouse hovers over the shortcut.
Working Directory: If you wish to specify a working directory for the target file to start in the browse to a folder with the package.
Show Window: Select whether to start the window maximized, minimized, or normally.
Component: Enables you to select the component to add the shortcut to.
Icon: Browse to the file that contains the icon, or to the icon file and it will be added to the package and associated with the icon. Displays the Icon Browser dialog.