Hi! Have you tried using InstallShield Express? It works great for me.
http://www.componentsource.com/products/installshield-express/index.html Cheers! Benj On Jan 25, 1:44 am, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > I did not find a suitable forum for this question. I am sorry if it is > a bit off topic, but I hope someone can help me out anyway. > > I have this VS2008 solution consisting of 2 c# application projects > (lets call them A and B) and a deployment setup/project. > After installation of the msi Aplication A is launched automatically > and application B may be launched from the start menu. > Here comes the problem: In the deployment project there are assemblies > of both A and B in the "Application Folder". I have then created a > shortcut to application B in a subfolder of the "User's Programs Menu" > folder. > > When I click this shortcut after installation, then Application A is > brutally killed. > If I however launch application B from %ProgramFiles%, then > Application A is not killed. > > I also tried putting the exe file for Application B directly in > "User's Programs Menu" (which gave me a warning when building the > msi). With this approach, I can successfully after installation of the > msi click the Application B in the start menu. > > My question is: why can't I use a shortcut (which is the recommended > way) in the start menu?
