Help: Placing Internet Shortcut for Windows Forms application (hosted on web server) on Desktop

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Mike Kingscott

Hi there,

I have a Windows forms app that resides on a web server. I (and my
intended user base) access the application via an Internet shortcut,
i.e. "http://servername/appshare/app.exe". That's all fine and dandy,
as well as the setup and deployment project I had to write to
install/uninstall a Site code group to give FullTrust to any
applications from "servername", but that's another story (code's
available if anyone's interested).

So, one last thing I wish to do: During the install, create an
Internet Shortcut on the desktop which points at
"http://servername/appshare/app.exe". As far as I can see, there's no
way to create an *internet* shortcut during the install process or via
code - does anyone have any suggestions?

Kind regards,

Mike Kingscott
 
Mike,
So, one last thing I wish to do: During the install, create an
Internet Shortcut on the desktop
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Does it have to be created during setup? Can't you just create one and
include in the setup package? Internet shortcuts are just text files
after all.



Mattias
 
Hi Mattias,
Does it have to be created during setup? Can't you just create one and
include in the setup package? Internet shortcuts are just text files
after all.



Mattias
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I have tried doing what you suggested, but the setup project won't let
me add a Internet Shortcut or .lnk file...

Ah well... ;-)

Mike Kingscott
 
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