Installer Questions, why do I get an Icon as Well....

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Hi,
I have an installer attached to a C# program it seems to be creating the directory structure that is required and short cuts, the issue is in the short cuts on the desk top and the all programs menu uses a custom icon which I can only get to if it is Included it as a separate item in the installer project which then gets installed.
What have I missed, the MSDN pages don't seem to help.

Glenn

Posted 21-Jun-12 4:44am

glennPattonWork3

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N_tro_P · Answer 1 · 2012-06-21T05:41:00

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You haven't missed anything. That is correct.

To use a custom icon for the short cuts and executable you must include the custom icon in the install.

If you want to change it change the reference on the installer.

Posted 21-Jun-12 5:41am

N_tro_P

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glennPattonWork3 21-Jun-12 11:47am

Umm, how can you do that without adding it to the project ?

[no name] 21-Jun-12 12:29pm

AFAIK, you can't. How do you expect the installer to map an unknown location?

glennPattonWork3 22-Jun-12 4:42am

Is there a good guide to creating the shortcuts as I don't want to install the executable on the desktop.

glennPattonWork3 · Answer 2 · 2012-06-22T01:39:00

Umm... the solution is below, a friend of mine came up with it. I appears to work!

In the setup project, select the shortcut.

In the properties, go to the (Icon) property and select (Browse…) to get the icon selection dialog

Click the browse button.

Change the “Files of type” to look for exe’s

Find your main executable and select it, then pick an icon from the exe.

This will give the shortcut the correct icon.

No need to have a separate icon file or anything…..