Desk Top Icon Generation

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TonyU

I have created an Access 2000/2002 application, which I will be
distributing
to other computers not on my network. How do I automatically create a
desktop shortcut with my own icon to the program during installation of the
program on other computers? I use MS Office XP Developer to create the
applications to be distributed.

Thanks,
Tony
 
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MAT4Ron

This is probably not the correct way to create an icon but it worked for me.
I created an icon in bitmap then changed the file extension to .ico. Then I
create a shortcut to the application and with the .ico in the same folder I
changed the icon on the shortcut properties to the one I created. You can
also set the startup to show the icon in the top right corner and on the
taskbar.
 
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MacDermott

The Package and Deploy Wizard in the Access Developer places the icon for
the application on the Start Menu - All Programs, not on the desktop. I
don't know of any way to change this. If you want a custom icon for your
application on the Start Menu, simply assign that icon to your mdb's Icon
property in the Tools - Startup dialog.

HTH
 
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