Visual Studio C# installer does not create a shortcut in desktop

Question

I installed Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022 to use in my C# projects and when I created an installer it didn't create a shortcut in my desktop neither created an entry in Start menu. The program was installed correctly. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi @Ismael Oliveira ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Please make sure that you have created and added the related (shortcut file…) files in User's Desktop and User's Programs Menu configuration.

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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Answer 2

1. First I installed “Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects 2022”.
2. Then, in my solution, I created a new project and selected “Setup Wizard”.
3. I filled the name and local of the installer.
4. The setup page appeared.
5. In step 2 I chose “Create a setup for a Windows application”.
6. In step 3 (“Choose project outputs to include”) I selected “Primary output for Test”.
7. Then I clicked Finish.
8. The “File System (Instalador)” appeared.
9. In the Solution Manager I right-clicked on the installer to get its properties.
10. I filled some fields, like Author, Description, Manufacturer, Product name and Title.
11. I clicked on “Application Folder” and changed “Always create” to True.
12. Then I clicked on “User’s desktop” and changed “Always create” to True.
13. Then I clicked on “User’s program menu” and changed “Always create” to True.
14. In the Solution Manager I right-clicked on the installer and clicked on Build.
15. The setup.exe and instalador.msi files were created.
    When I double click in setup.exe it installs the application, but the desktop icon and the start menu entry are not created.
    Do you have any solution for my problem?
    Thanks.

Answer 3

Thanks, TianyuSun-MSFT. Now it worked.