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After installing my application when I click the shortcut of the application the installer running automatically. But i f I click the .exe from application folder (Installation folder) program starts normally. Is there any wrong with the setup creation?

Thanks in Advance,
Jayahar

See this thread:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/00c577c4-e841-4258-a566-72058c3c8c4b
and if you've removed any files or registry entries as I mentioned above, this is normal. Search this forum for DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS.

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Phil Wilson

Hi Jayahar,

Could you please help me to clarify your issue more? What kind of applicationdid you install?
It could be thecause that the shortcut doesn't point to the exe file.

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Hi,

I have an application which is developed in VS 2008 (C#). I have added all the needed dll's, files and exe in application folder. Also added a folder in User's Programs menu and added the shortcut of exe (Target is pointing the exe available in Application folder).FinallyI build the deployment project and made .msi. I am able to install the installer. After installingif I doubleclick the .exe located in application folder (Installation folder) application starts normally. If I click the shortcut of the applicationthe installer running automatically and reinstalled the application after installation completes application starts. It is happening for first time only. The second time if I click the shortcut it is working fine. Could you get it? Please help me for this.

Thanks in Advance,
Jayahar

Hi Jayahar,

I am moving this thread from Base "Visual Studio Setup and Installation" forum to the "ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects" forum, since the issue is related to deployment. There are more deployment experts in the "ClickOnce and Setup & Deployment Projects" forum.

Thanks

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Thank you Chen! Can any one help me?

It's doing a repair. Have you removed files that you've installed? Or installed with one account and you're using it from another account? Or installed shared files improperly maybe?
The application event log should have some MsiInstaller entries with details.

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Phil Wilson

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Can you any one help on this issue?

Thanks in Advance,
Jayahar

Are you using a setup & deployment package, or ClickOnce deployment (the publish tab in Visual Studio) ?

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Using setup & deployment package.

I'm experiencing something very similar except when logging in as a standard user, the attempted installation/repair fails.

Nevertheless, the application can launch from the program files folder.
-Paul

See this thread:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winformssetup/thread/00c577c4-e841-4258-a566-72058c3c8c4b
and if you've removed any files or registry entries as I mentioned above, this is normal. Search this forum for DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS.

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Phil Wilson

Thanks Phil! I have solved this issue with the use of "WiRunSQL.vbs" script file. I have added this file in Project output path and added the below comment in PostBuild property of my Deployment project.

cscript //nologo "$(ProjectDir)WiRunSql.vbs" "$(BuiltOuputPath)" "INSERT INTO Property(Property, Value) VALUES ('DISABLEADVTSHORTCUTS', '1')"

Thank you once again!