How to add shortcut in wix using visual studio 2012?

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Hi,
i have created a basic hello world program using visual sutdio 2012.
And then i created a setup project using wix.
Now i want to add shortcut on start menu/desktop in product.wsx class so please can anyone help me ?

Posted 29-Apr-14 21:04pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2014-04-29T22:00:00

Solution 1

This is one of the easiest parts:
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/shortcut.html[^],
http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/files_and_registry/create_start_menu_shortcut.html[^].

[EDIT]

Another idea is using WiX#:
https://wixsharp.codeplex.com[^],
Wix# (WixSharp) UI Extensions[^].

—SA

Posted 29-Apr-14 22:00pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 27-Apr-15 8:05am

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Volynsky Alex 30-Apr-14 5:05am

Nice!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Apr-14 9:11am

Thank you, Alex.
—SA

Volynsky Alex 30-Apr-14 17:17pm

You're welcome Sergey Alexandrovich :)

Member 10593922 30-Apr-14 5:41am

Thanks for the reply..
am using the second link but still am facing some issue..

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Apr-14 9:11am

Issues happen...
—SA