How to create a shortcut on desktop for visual studio 2014
#How to create a shortcut on desktop for visual studio 2014 how to
In this article we will learn how to create a User's Desktop shortcut and User's Program Menu by using VS setup and Deployment Project.Hope this will be helpful.Thanks for reading. Next go to user Program menu and there we will find a folder "MyMenu" under which is the applicationĭouble click and the application opens up After that you can see a new project window, in that right side you can select Other Project Type s in installed Templates. Right-click on solution and in the context menu click Add, then New Project. Go to the desktop and we will find the "shortcut".ĭouble click it and the application will open up. Procedure to create a Setup file: Open an existing Windows form project solution to create a setup file. That it.Build the application and install it. If we want to change the icon, the from the properties windows choose the icon and select a proper one.ĭrag & Drop that shortcut from right tab to left tabs File System on Target Machine - User's Desktop folder.įor the User's Program Menu, right click and create a folder by the name "MyMenu"Īgain create a short cut from the "Application folder" and this time drag it to "MyMenu" Right click on the "Shortcut" and Rename it to "MyWindowsFormsApplication".
The shortcut appear below the primary output which is the application executable Right click it and select "Create Shortcut to Primary output from WindowsFormsApplication1 (Active)".
Then on the right tab the "Primary output from WindowsFormsApplication1 (Active)" appears. For the User's Program Menu, right click and create a folder by the name 'MyMenu' Again create a short cut from the 'Application folder' and this time drag it to 'MyMenu' That it.Build the application and install it. Right Click on the "Setup Project" - >View - > File systemĬlick Application Folder. Drag & Drop that shortcut from right tab to left tabs File System on Target Machine - User's Desktop folder. Right Click on the "Setup Project" - >Add - > Project OutputĪnd add "WindowsFormsApplication1" as "Primary Output" Next add a "Setup and Deployment" project.
Straight to Experimentįirst of all create a blank solution and add a Windows form project. In this article we will learn how to create a User's Desktop shortcut and User's Program Menu by using VS setup and Deployment Project.