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‎Jun 29, 2010
08:50 AM
Shortcut to a web page in IIS
Hi
My installation program installs a web application in IIS. I would like to create a shortcut to the default.aspx page and put it in the start menu.
I can for the life of me not figure out how to do it in the installshield shortcut UI.
Please help!
Riaan
My installation program installs a web application in IIS. I would like to create a shortcut to the default.aspx page and put it in the start menu.
I can for the life of me not figure out how to do it in the installshield shortcut UI.
Please help!
Riaan
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‎Jun 29, 2010
12:04 PM
Windows Installer does not have native support for Internet shortcuts, and for this reason, there isn't a good way of creating one in the InstallShield Shortcuts view.
Instead you should consider either including the Internet Shortcut URL file as a raw file or using the Ini File Changes view to create an Internet Shortcut.
Here is a KB article that should be helpful:
Q105380: INFO: Creating an Internet Shortcut
http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalID=Q105380
Instead you should consider either including the Internet Shortcut URL file as a raw file or using the Ini File Changes view to create an Internet Shortcut.
Here is a KB article that should be helpful:
Q105380: INFO: Creating an Internet Shortcut
http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalID=Q105380
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‎Jul 04, 2010
05:31 AM
Your advise on how to create an internet shortcut worked like a charm ,thank you very much.
However, it has created a new issue. I use the INI file method to create the shortcuts - work great, but the shortcut files are locked after the installation completes. Doing an uninstallation fails to remove the newly created shortcut files. When I try to manually delete them afterwards, it says file is being locked by another process.
The issue is that I cannot relaunch the installation as it will fail when trying to write the shortcuts. The only solution is to reboot after an install to fix this.
Any advise?
Riaan
However, it has created a new issue. I use the INI file method to create the shortcuts - work great, but the shortcut files are locked after the installation completes. Doing an uninstallation fails to remove the newly created shortcut files. When I try to manually delete them afterwards, it says file is being locked by another process.
The issue is that I cannot relaunch the installation as it will fail when trying to write the shortcuts. The only solution is to reboot after an install to fix this.
Any advise?
Riaan
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‎Jun 13, 2011
05:21 PM
The referenced KB article does not help. It doesn't walk you through step-by-step on how to get a shortcut to a URL.
Ajay Ladsaria wrote:
Windows Installer does not have native support for Internet shortcuts, and for this reason, there isn't a good way of creating one in the InstallShield Shortcuts view.
Instead you should consider either including the Internet Shortcut URL file as a raw file or using the Ini File Changes view to create an Internet Shortcut.
Here is a KB article that should be helpful:
Q105380: INFO: Creating an Internet Shortcut
http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalID=Q105380
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‎Jun 16, 2011
12:42 AM
There is another work around available in installshield to create WEB Application shortcut,
1.) Create Non-Advertized Shortcut
2.) In Target Coloumn set the "[IEPAth]IEXPLORE.EXE"
3.) In Argument coloumn set "www.sample.com/default.aspx"
1.) Create Non-Advertized Shortcut
2.) In Target Coloumn set the "[IEPAth]IEXPLORE.EXE"
3.) In Argument coloumn set "www.sample.com/default.aspx"