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tosch
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Create shortcut on desktop

Post by tosch »

In out app we can run any updates using a different account (which has admin privileges).

When I create a shortcut on the desktop will the shortcut be on the users desktop or on the desktop of the user running the update?

Thomas
giaviv
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Re: Create shortcut on desktop

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Dear Thomas,

That really depends on where you create the shortcut - if you create it in \Users\{USERNAME}\Desktop that it will be in that user's desktop..
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tosch
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Re: Create shortcut on desktop

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The shortcut is created like this:

Create Shortcut $DESKTOPDIR$\MyAppname to $TARGETDIR$\MyAppname.exe

so I guess this is on the desktop of the user running the setup, in my case the admin account.
Thomas
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Re: Create shortcut on desktop

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Exactly.
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