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‎Feb 19, 2015
12:10 PM
How to create a program icon on the desktop for all users
Hello,
My installation (IS LE on VS 2010/2013) creates a program icon on the desktop for all users. But it does only for the person who installed the program not any other user who logs on to this computer! How can I make it to create a program icon that will appear on all users' desktops? Thank you.
My installation (IS LE on VS 2010/2013) creates a program icon on the desktop for all users. But it does only for the person who installed the program not any other user who logs on to this computer! How can I make it to create a program icon that will appear on all users' desktops? Thank you.
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‎Feb 19, 2015
01:01 PM
I found out that if I place the program icon manually in the C:\Users\Public\Desktop folder, it appears on all users' desktop as needed. But how can I instruct IS to do that?
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‎Feb 19, 2015
02:04 PM
I am not sure of InstallShield LE, but for Basic MSI you have to set the property ALLUSERS=1 and that should place the icon correctly for you.
You should be able to look this property up on MSDN to get all of the details of what it affects. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367559(v=vs.85).aspx
You should be able to look this property up on MSDN to get all of the details of what it affects. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367559(v=vs.85).aspx