Types of Shortcuts

InstallShield 2014 Express Edition

InstallShield offers several types of shortcuts:

Types of Shortcuts
Shortcut Type	Description
New Shortcut	Creates a standard shortcut to a file that exists in your project.
New Advertised Shortcut	Creates an advertised shortcut. The feature’s files are not installed to the target system until the end user launches the shortcut. Note: An advertised shortcut can be created for a file only if it is designated as a portable executable file. You can indicate which files you want to be treated as portable executable files on the File Extensions tab of the Options dialog box.
New Shortcut to Preexisting File	Creates a shortcut to a file that already exists on the target system. For example, you could use this to create a shortcut to Internet Explorer or to UNC paths.
New Folder	Creates a program folder. You can create a program folder if you want your shortcut to appear under your company name, for example.
New Uninstall Shortcut	Creates a shortcut that automatically starts the uninstallation process for a product.

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