Creating Internet Shortcuts

InstallShield 2015

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An Internet shortcut is a text file with the .url extension.

To create an Internet shortcut that opens your Web site:

1. Create a text file called MySite.url with the following contents:

[InternetShortcut]

URL=http://www.MySite.com

2. Add this file to a component.

Otherwise, if you simply right-click and click Add, you will add what the shortcut points to and not the shortcut itself.

When the end user launches the shortcut, the specified Web site (www.MySite.com) opens in the default browser.