Adding shortcuts in setup project

[rbulph]

You would think that providing for the addition of shortcuts to your application in a setup project would be simple. But if I go to the file system and right click on the desktop folder, the option I get is to "Create Shortcut to User's desktop". This is completely silly. I tried adding this and installing my application and this really is what the installer does. It adds a shortcut on the user's desktop to the user's desktop. So when he clicks on this he gets a window showing the contents of his desktop. Similarly with creating a shortcut in the user's program menu. Unbelievable.

 

I have tried resetting the Target property in the Properties Window, and right-clicking on my application to create a shortcut to it, but to no avail. Can anyone explain to me how to go about doing this successfully?

[PlausiblyDamp]

Try right clicking on the primary output / whatever file you are creating the shortcut to and there should be an option to create a shortcut to the item in question, this shortcut can then be moved to the correct location.