InternetShortcut Element (Util Extension)
- Description
- Creates a shortcut to a URL.
- Windows Installer references
- None
- Parents
- Component
- Inner Text
- None
- Children
- None
- Attributes
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Name Type Description Required Id String Unique identifier in your installation package for this Internet shortcut. Yes Directory String Identifier reference to Directory element where shortcut is to be created. This attribute's value defaults to the parent Component directory. IconFile String Icon file that should be displayed. Note that this is a formatted field, so you can use [#fileId] syntax to refer to a file being installed (using the file: protocol). IconIndex Integer Index of the icon being referenced Name String The name of the shortcut file, which is visible to the user. (The .lnk extension is added automatically and by default, is not shown to the user.) Yes Target String URL that should be opened when the user selects the shortcut. Windows opens the URL in the appropriate handler for the protocol specified in the URL. Note that this is a formatted field, so you can use [#fileId] syntax to refer to a file being installed (using the file: protocol). Yes Type Enumeration Which type of shortcut should be created. This attribute's value must be one of the following: - url
- Creates .url files using IUniformResourceLocatorW.
- link
- Creates .lnk files using IShellLinkW (default).
- How Tos and Examples
- See Also
- Util Schema