Customize start menu location of ClickOnce app

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Paul Prewett

Hello all,

How do I customize the location of a ClickOnce application in the start
menu? I can see how to get it under my company's name (by specifying the
company as the publisher), but how would I further organize my applications
into logical groups under that main folder?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Paul Prewett
 
Hi Paul,

Thanks for your post!

This is controlled by ClickOnce deployment manifest. And we can use
mage.exe to manipulate it. For example, if you want the following directory
structure in start menu:

Start
MyApp
QA Instance
Production Instance

Using Mage you should take a look at the "description" section when
creating the deployment manifest(s). Both manifests should have the same
Publisher but different entries for "Product". The publisher string will be
used as the name for the folder that is being created in the start menu. On
the target machine the become 2 different installations w/ their own app
settings.
Don't forget to set the Application Reference by clicking "Select Manifest"
and pointing to the application manifest of the application you want to
deploy. Also: create and sign the manifest in the order: 1. application
manifest 2. deployment manifest.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Jeffrey,

Thanks for your post. I have a followup question.

What if I want the following directory structure:

Start
MyCompany
Folder1
ClickOnceApp1
ClickOnceApp2
Folder2
ClickOnceApp3
ClickOnceApp4


How, then, would I do this if I were publishing, say, ClickOnceApp1 ??

What I don't see, specifically, is how to create 'Folder1'

Thanks,
Paul
 
Hi Paul ,

Thanks for your feedback.

I did not see any entry in deployment manifest for specify the extra
directory in start menu. Maybe you can submit this as a suggestion to our
product team in the link below:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/

Thanks

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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