Advanced installer uninstall shortcut

User Guide Learn how to use Advanced Installer. Videos Discover the features and functionality of Advanced Installer. Explore and learn how to leverage its powerful GUI. Logout Register. Deleting Old Desktop Shortcut. The application is only an EXE file in the application folder and a shortcut to it on the Desktop. That part is easy to set up. The issue is another step that needs to be performed.

Previous versions did not have installers created for them. Techs just copied the EXE manually and manually created desktop shortcuts. Therefore, each user has an "applicationname.

The property can point to a location or a file. To change the shortcut properties use Internet Shortcut Properties Dialog. If a folder is selected in the tree , it will become the new shortcut's target, otherwise you will be prompted to select a folder to fulfill that role using the Folder Picker Dialog.

Use the [ Properties Shortcuts can be renamed, moved or removed just like regular Files. Drag and drop the shortcuts to the desired location, while the Shift key is pressed. The installation of a shortcut cannot be conditioned directly because it is linked to its target. Therefore, a shortcut to a file must be in the same component as the file.

This is why in order to condition the installation of a shortcut it must point to an external file. The target of an external shortcut is not in the installation package, therefore you can move it to any component you want.

You can add the shortcut to an existing component or create a new one by using a dummy registry entry and condition it by using the Organization page. Another way to condition the installation of a shortcut is to use the "ShortcutsDlg" dialog in the Dialogs page.

In order to condition the installation of these shortcuts, they must be created in the appropriate folders on the Desktop, in the "Startup" folder etc. In case of Merge Module projects the following attributes can be made configurable at merge time:. For more information about the resources and attributes that can be configured, please see: Configurable Merge Modules Page.