Deploy a Desktop Shortcut to a Device running Windows CE 4.2 (VS2005)

Question

I have an application written using VS2005 in C# targeting the Compact Framework 2.0 SP2. As part of the solution, I have CAB deploy project which deploys to the device without a problem. What I can't do is create a shortcut to my application on the devices desktop.

I have spent several hours reading various bits of documentation (why is the search at the MSDN site so bad?), followed the instructions but no joy.

What I've done is:

• Add the "Windows Folder" node to the File System
• Created a folder underneath that named "Desktop"
• Created a shortcut to the Applications Primary Output and placed that in the "Desktop" folder

What am I missing?

Answer 1

A bit late but maybe this will help somebody like me who searched for this issue, I solved the problem like this:

I added a custom folder on the root node (File System on Local Machine) and called it %CE3%. That is the shortcut for \Windows\Desktop. I added my shortcut (right click create new shortcut) and gave it a name. That's it, then I build!

When analysing the Shortcuts section in the inf generated, it looked good.

[Shortcuts]
"ShortCutName",0,"MyApp.exe","%CE3%"

And when I deployed and it worked perfectly!

I'm using VS2008 and deploy on windows CE 5.0

Here is a list of shortcuts: windows CE shortcuts