I have been using ClickOnce deployment for several applications to many PCs at our company for the last 3 years and never had an issue like this. Since the .Net 3.5 Framework SP1 Windows Update was installed on our PCs, every time I re-publish an application and the PC installs the updated application, the shortcut on the desktop that I created disappears.The application referenceis still in the Start Menu, but I want the shortcut to remain on the desktop after sending out a new version. I should mention that we are using VS 2005 so I don't have any of the options I have read about regarding the .Net 3.5 ClickOnce options in VS 2008. I'm sure it's something to do with the .Net 3.5 Framework SP1 update, but is there something I can do so the desktop shortcuts don't disappear every time I publish a new version?

You can programmatically create a shortcut on the desktop when using VS2005 and .Net 2.0 or .Net 3.0 Here's a link to an article explaining how, and providing code:

http://robindotnet.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/creating-a-desktop-shortcut-for-a-click-once-application/

RobinDotNet

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How are you getting the shortcut there in the first place?

RobinS.
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I manually just create a shortcut on the desktop by copying from the link created in the Start Menu.

Hi Tmberge,

I'm not sure but you may have a try creating the shortcut for all users, i.e. create a shortcut to the ClickOnce application in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop or C:\users\Public\Public Desktop.

Good luck!

Did you ever figure this one out?

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Rowena

You can programmatically create a shortcut on the desktop when using VS2005 and .Net 2.0 or .Net 3.0 Here's a link to an article explaining how, and providing code:

http://robindotnet.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/creating-a-desktop-shortcut-for-a-click-once-application/

RobinDotNet

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Click here to visit my ClickOnce blog!