Desk Top Icon Generation

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TonyU

I have created an Access 2000/2002 application, which I will be
distributing
to other computers not on my network. How do I automatically create a
desktop shortcut with my own icon to the program during installation of the
program on other computers? I use MS Office XP Developer to create the
applications to be distributed.

Thanks,
Tony
 
This is probably not the correct way to create an icon but it worked for me.
I created an icon in bitmap then changed the file extension to .ico. Then I
create a shortcut to the application and with the .ico in the same folder I
changed the icon on the shortcut properties to the one I created. You can
also set the startup to show the icon in the top right corner and on the
taskbar.
 
The Package and Deploy Wizard in the Access Developer places the icon for
the application on the Start Menu - All Programs, not on the desktop. I
don't know of any way to change this. If you want a custom icon for your
application on the Start Menu, simply assign that icon to your mdb's Icon
property in the Tools - Startup dialog.

HTH
 
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