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Include App on SendTo menu during installation
Is there a way through Package and Deployment wizard or even by some other means to have a VB app included in a user's SendTo file when installing the application?
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Sorry but vinnid saids "Copy the exe" not create shortcut of it (which is the right way ;)
By the way, you don't need to do it when app is installed, you could do it when it is running for first time.
To create shortcut, you could see:
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/shshortcutcheat.htm
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/desktoplink.htm
By the way, you don't need to do it when app is installed, you could do it when it is running for first time.
To create shortcut, you could see:
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/shshortcutcheat.htm
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/desktoplink.htm
OK,
The "right way" would be to use a shortcut. Copying the executable file is just ... wrong. I thnk Vinnyd79 meant to say shortcut but made a mistake and said exe, or he meant in general.
I like the code samples, but I would install it first and then have an option in the application to re-create the shortcuts.
Andrew
The "right way" would be to use a shortcut. Copying the executable file is just ... wrong. I thnk Vinnyd79 meant to say shortcut but made a mistake and said exe, or he meant in general.
I like the code samples, but I would install it first and then have an option in the application to re-create the shortcuts.
Andrew
I tried to correct my comment after I posted it,but it would not submit and then i got the "Page cannot be Displayed" error.I have been having alot of trouble accessing this site for the last 2 weeks.Is anyone else having these problems?
Vinny,
I have had no end of troubles. I have found that I had to go to the sign in page, fill in user/password and select remember me, select login. I then got the server busy message. I hit refresh/retry about a dozen times, closed my browser, and then I just have use the links from the auto emails.
Andrew
I have had no end of troubles. I have found that I had to go to the sign in page, fill in user/password and select remember me, select login. I then got the server busy message. I hit refresh/retry about a dozen times, closed my browser, and then I just have use the links from the auto emails.
Andrew
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Sorry to be so long in responding to this question. The customer with this particular project postponed creating an install disk for their project. Now that I have broadband, I downloaded the Visual Installer and it does in fact allow you to add files to special folders like the SendTo.
on NT and other O/S the folder might be in the Users profile directory.