Kevin,

click on your setup project to select it. Then in the top of the solution explorer there is a button for "File System Editor". click that button and you will get the file system editor. In the left pane, click on "Users Desktop" and on the right side right click and choose Create New Shortcut. It will give you the opportunity to navigate to the primary output of the build. After you create this if it is selected and you go to the property window, the target should say "Primary Output". After building and installing, the shortcut will be created. I do this with all my projects and you can set the icon that will display for the shortcut.

For the setup project there is also a button for the user interface editor. This is where you choose what the user can customize during the install process.
Tim

>Ok. That was no help at all.
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>But thanks for the response anyhow Craig. At least I know I'm not the only one who's stuck with this. As usual, Microsoft
>has NO useful help at all.
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>Signed, STILL Frusted In California!.
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>>I'm not sure how to do it, but it the user should be given the option to create the desktop shortcut during install.
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>>>I'm trying to create a desktop shortcut to my app in a setup project.
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>>>I clicked the User's Deskyot node, the in then right clicked and chose Create Shortcut To User's Desktop.
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>>>The text "Shortcut to User's Desktop" appeared in the left window. So I renamed it, then chose build.
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>>>The resulting icon is the folder containing the EXE, not the EXE itself.
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>>>I cannot seem to find any help on this.
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>>>HOW THE HECK DO I CREATE A SHORTCUT TO MY APP?!!?!?!
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>>>Signed,
>>>Frusted In California!