It allows you to include a PowerShell script that will copy the shortcut file from MSIX install folder to user’s desktop location into your MSIX package. Lastly, you can take advantage of our Start PowerShell script support in Advanced Installer. This could be done way easier if you take advantage of Advanced Installer's Start PowerShell script support. You can then apply a PowerShell script to copy the shortcut file from MSIX's install folder to the user's Desktop location in your MSIX package. The shortcut will be deployed just beside your application files.

Then, include this shortcut file in your MSIX package. Once you create and deploy the application alias, you have to manually create a shortcut to your application alias on your build machine. url file.How to create desktop shortcuts using MSIX Packaging Tool and PSF?Īside from the steps we shared above, you also have the option of using a workaround solution shared by Microsoft: “Create an application shortcut by running a script using Package Support Framework”.It consists of creating and deploying an application alias with your MSIX package.

Configure the Action to substitute the InstallAnywhere variables in the.

Add a Modify Text File Action in the Install Sequence.Configure the Panel to prompt for and set the InstallAnywhere variables $PROTOCOL$ and $URL$.Add a Get User Input - Advanced Panel in the Pre-Install Sequence.Add the web shortcut (.url) file in the Install Sequence using the Add Files button.Create or open an InstallAnywhere project.In a text editor, manually edit the web shortcut (.url) file by changing the URL field to URL= $PROTOCOL$://$URL$/ where $PROTOCOL$ and $URL$ are going to be InstallAnywhere variables set by user input.For example, on Windows 7, this is done by right-clicking the user's Desktop, selecting the New > Shortcut option, entering the web application URL, clicking the Next button, entering the Windows web shortcut name, then clicking the Finish button. Manually create a web shortcut on the user's Desktop on Windows.

SynopsisThis article discusses how to create a web shortcut, configure the web shortcut based on user input, then install that web shortcut on Windows. SummaryThis article discusses how to create a web shortcut, configure the web shortcut based on user input, then install that web shortcut on Windows.

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