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Frank260
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Nov 28, 2023
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User can not create Desktop shortcut

Hello,

 

i have migrated an application from MSI to MSIX. The application is used by 9000 users and some users created a desktop shortcut for themself. 

Now, i delete the MSI on every PC and deploy the MSIX to the users. The desktop shortcut, which they manually created, doesn't work any more.

Now the users ask me how they can create a new desktop shortcut and i have no answer. The users can pin the app to the taskbar, but i don't know how the can pin the app to the desktop.

 

I think that Microsoft recommends that user preferences are exclusively chosen by the user. So the user should have the posibility to create an desktop shortcut for an MSIX application. 

 

Best Regards

Frank

  • Hello Frank
    Try this command in a cmd box / terminal "explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder". There is a list of Appx applications. With the right mouse button you can then create a shortcut on the desktop.

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  • peterfa2018's avatar
    peterfa2018
    Brass Contributor
    Hello Frank
    Try this command in a cmd box / terminal "explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder". There is a list of Appx applications. With the right mouse button you can then create a shortcut on the desktop.
    • AppsPackG's avatar
      AppsPackG
      Brass Contributor
      So are you saying that there isn't an option for a user to right click a start menu shortcut provided by MSIX and pinning it to the desktop? I see the next insider release is catering for Desktop shortcuts using a dependency that must extend the functionality. It wasn't clear on the used case as it just said providing shortcuts to desktop which we would discourage being installed by the MSIX deployment in Enterprise environments as it will soon the clutter the desktop if enforced.
      • AppsPackG's avatar
        AppsPackG
        Brass Contributor
        It seems like the latest release of MSIX Packaging Tool 1.2023.1005.0 caters for creating a desktop shortcut if you include a pre-requisite in your package although i've not tested it yet. That said if that is the intended solution it will need configuration on every application to allow a user to create this for themselves again with the new MSIX package.

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