Editing A Shortcut Configuration - Symantec WINDOWS INSTALLER EDITOR 8.0 Reference

Editing a Shortcut Configuration

Windows Installer Editor Reference
To edit a shortcut configuration
1. Do one of the following:
Select Installation Expert > Shortcuts page.
a. From Current Feature, select a feature or condition. (Because any item you
add must be assigned to a specific feature, you cannot add an item when All
Features is selected.)
b. Double-click the shortcut.
In Setup Editor, on the Components or Features tab, expand the component or
feature that contains the shortcut. Click the Shortcuts icon and double-click the
shortcut in the upper-right pane.
If the Shortcuts icon does not appear, right-click and select Hide Empty Folders/
Items.
The Shortcut Details dialog box appears.
2. Complete the dialog box:
Name
The name of the shortcut. If the name is longer than 8.3 characters, the short
(8.3) file name appears first, followed by a pipe character (|) and the long
(Windows 95) file name.
Target File
(Read-only.) This contains the file name of the target of this file. You specified
this file when you created this shortcut. To create a shortcut to a different file,
delete this shortcut entry and create a new one. If you created a command-line
shortcut, this field is replaced by the Command Line field.
Command Line
This appears only if you created a command-line shortcut. It contains the
command-line statement.
Dest. Directory
This lists all predefined directories and directories that you have created. Select
the location for the shortcut on the destination computer, or click New Folder to
create a new directory.
Arguments
Enter command-line arguments to append to the command-line statement that
is executed to start the target of this shortcut. You can enter property names
surrounded by brackets to specify standard directories. (Example: To specify a
file named Notes.txt in the Windows directory, enter
[WindowsFolder]Notes.txt.) For a list of predefined directories, see System
Folder Properties in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Description
Enter a one-line description of the shortcut, which appears when an end user
right-clicks on a shortcut file in Windows Explorer and selects Properties.
Working Directory
Select the directory that should be current when the target of this shortcut is
started.
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