Entry in Programs menu during Setup?

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TyBreaker - 20 Feb 2005 07:58 GMT

I have created my first Setup project for a project I've finished but
the resulting MSI runs but the entry in the Programs menu that results
is Blah.exe instead of a nice user interface entry such as just Blah.
How do you configure the Setup project so it puts in a nice name in the
Programs menu?

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David Lowndes - 20 Feb 2005 09:59 GMT

>I have created my first Setup project for a project I've finished but
>the resulting MSI runs but the entry in the Programs menu that results
>is Blah.exe instead of a nice user interface entry such as just Blah.
>How do you configure the Setup project so it puts in a nice name in the
>Programs menu?

Just set the Name property of the shortcut in the File System view.

Dave

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TyBreaker - 20 Feb 2005 10:16 GMT

>>I have created my first Setup project for a project I've finished but
>>the resulting MSI runs but the entry in the Programs menu that results
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> Dave

By the File System view, do you mean within Visual Studio in the Setup
Project where it says "Application Folder"? In this folder I have all
the files I need to be deployed. I didn't have a short-cut but I've
created one now. I also specified "Project Output/Primary Output" as
the item to have in the Programs Menu. I tried specifying the shortcut
here but it seems Visual Studio auto-interprets this as the actual EXE
anyway and I end up with the same Blah.exe listed in the Programs menu
upon installation.

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David Lowndes - 21 Feb 2005 08:08 GMT

>By the File System view, do you mean within Visual Studio in the Setup
>Project where it says "Application Folder"?

As you mention, that folder is the place where most of your installed
files will be stored.

>I didn't have a short-cut but I've
>created one now. I also specified "Project Output/Primary Output" as
>the item to have in the Programs Menu.

You should create a shortcut to that output in a sub-folder beneath
the "User's Programs Menu"

> I tried specifying the shortcut
>here but it seems Visual Studio auto-interprets this as the actual EXE
>anyway and I end up with the same Blah.exe listed in the Programs menu
>upon installation.

When I do it, the default name is "Shortcut to Primary Output from
xxxxx (Active)", and I can rename it to whatever I want.

Dave

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TyBreaker - 22 Feb 2005 08:18 GMT

> When I do it, the default name is "Shortcut to Primary Output from
> xxxxx (Active)", and I can rename it to whatever I want.

Ah thanks Dave. I had been duped by the Visual Studio IDE in this
instance. When I created my shortcut there, the "WorkingFolder" field
was defaulting to the "User's Programs Menu" instead of the "Application
Folder". I changed this and then it accepted my shortcut as pointing to
something and id the ight thing during the install. Thanks!

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