>i am distributing my application using the setup wizard. when i install the
>applicaion on a "user" machine, no program group or no shortcut appears to be
>installed, instead i need to create a shortcut from the folder where the .exe
>is located. has anyone had this problem or know how to remedy this?

In addition to James' KB articles, you might want to look at the Visual Studio Installer: I believe it does this natively.

I think.

Maybe.