Windows Shortcuts

By default, during installation Velopack will create a shortcut on the Desktop and in the StartMenuRoot. It will automatically delete any shortcuts it finds when uninstalling the application.

The name of the shortcuts will be determined by the --packTitle vpk argument. For example, if you pass --packTitle "My Fancy App", then the shortcuts created will be created as "My Fancy App.lnk".

If you need to create shortcuts in any extra locations, the Velopack.Windows.Shortcuts and Velopack.Windows.ShellLink classes are provided. These classes are provided for legacy reasons, and in general the stability of such functions is not guarenteed.

For example, if you wished to create a shortcut during the install of your app, you might do the following:

using Velopack;
using Velopack.Windows;

VelopackApp.Build()
    .WithAfterInstallFastCallback((v) => new Shortcuts().CreateShortcutForThisExe(ShortcutLocation.Desktop))
    .Run()

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