Labview Installer Target

[kenm1]

Hi,

Using LabView project I created a LabView *.exe application. It runs fine.

Using Project I also created an installer. It runs, however, it puts my application in C:\Program Files. I want the installer to put my *.exe in a directory like C:\ATE_SYSTEM and I want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop. 

How do I do that? Nothing I've tried changing in the installer puts my *.exe and shortcut where I want them.

Thanks

Ken M

Sr. Test Engineer

[rolfk]

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@kenm1 wrote:

Hi,

Using LabView project I created a LabView *.exe application. It runs fine.

Using Project I also created an installer. It runs, however, it puts my application in C:\Program Files. I want the installer to put my *.exe in a directory like C:\ATE_SYSTEM and I want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop. 

How do I do that? Nothing I've tried changing in the installer puts my *.exe and shortcut where I want them.

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You can add absolute paths to the Destinations:

Then define in Source Files to put your build product in that destination.

And this should work too for the Shortcut:

Or maybe you need to specify what LabVIEW version you try to do this in.

[Bob_Schor]

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@kenm1 wrote:

... and I want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop. 

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Hello, Ken.

     Who's Desktop?  Most Windows systems require a Logon procedure with (potentially many) UserName and Password.  If you want multiple Users to be able to run the system, then the Shortcut must either be placed on every User's Desktop or (much more convenient) on the Public Desktop.

     The Good News is such a Shortcut will be visible (and runnable with a double-click) by any (and all) users who can log in to that PC.  The Bad News is that the Public Desktop, by design, is a Hidden Folder -- you may need Admin rights to find it and place the Shortcut there.  [Incidentally, when placing the Shortcut, do get rid of the "  Shortcut" part of the name that Microsoft sticks on it].

Bob Schor