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Priyanka_Aggarwal's avatar
Dec 03, 2019

Way to package a shortcut with MSIX

Hi,

 

Is there any way to package a shortcut?  I come from App-V 5 and to package Java as an example, I would install java and then pop an IE shortcut on the desktop which would reference the java in the “bubble”.  This doesn’t seem to be possible with MSIX. I believe we can do this by adding the shortcuts after the package has been captured and we can get add some shortcut links!

Can anyone please confirm on the same.

 

Thanks
Priyanka

  • alexmarin89's avatar
    alexmarin89
    Iron Contributor

    Priyanka_AggarwalHi,

     

    The shortcut trick from APP-V to link Java with IE doesn't currently work with MSIX. Maybe in the future it will be possible when linking for MSIX packages becomes available.

     

    For the moment, as far as i know, msix linking is in the backlog.

    • TIMOTHY_MANGAN's avatar
      TIMOTHY_MANGAN
      MVP

      alexmarin89 There are two distinct issues.

      1) Shortcut to a file (other than an exe).  This issue may be overcome using PsfLauncher of the Package Support Framework.

      2) Running an exe that is not part of the package inside the package. These executables generally launch outside of the container.  I will be looking into this via the PSF soon as it looks like we might be control this using a technique seen with recent changes for scripting.  We don't really want to use scripting so additional PSF changes might be needed.  Even with this, it might not work for iexplorer because I'm guessing the processes for the tabs will also pop out of the bubble.

       

      For now I'd consider plugins to IE a bad choice for MSIX, but stay tuned!

      • Amit Kumar's avatar
        Amit Kumar
        Brass Contributor
        Tim Mangan , on point 2 of calling an exe especially iexplore.exe for custom shortcut do we have any solution available now using PSF ?

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