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Archana2612
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Nov 29, 2019
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missing .lnk shortcuts shortcut from MSIX package

Hi Everyone,   my application has 4 shortcuts. 3 shortcuts launch the .chm(help file) and 1 shortcut opens a vendor website. I am now converting this application to MSIX. during conversion, on firs...
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    alexmarin89
    Nov 30, 2019

    Archana2612Hi.

     

    In MSIX you don't technically have shortcuts, you have Applications. These can only target .exe files, that is why you can't add you .chm or website as a shortcut.

     

    As an alternative, in Advanced Installer, we are launching the applications via a custom stub.exe, thus making it possible to add websites or chm files.

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alexmarin89
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Nov 30, 2019

Archana2612Hi.

 

In MSIX you don't technically have shortcuts, you have Applications. These can only target .exe files, that is why you can't add you .chm or website as a shortcut.

 

As an alternative, in Advanced Installer, we are launching the applications via a custom stub.exe, thus making it possible to add websites or chm files.

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Archana2612
Copper Contributor
Dec 02, 2019

Hi alexmarin89 ,

thank you.

I believe solution you mentioned needs an licensed copy of advanced Installer . we are using MSIX Packaging Tool to convert setup to MSIX. 

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