How do I add a program to my target user's program menu using Visual Studio 2022 setup project? Any way to do it would be great.
CodePudding user response：
Assuming you want a shortcut to a program that is part of the installer package (most likely in the "Application Folder"), then you can use the following steps:
Open the "File System" view for your installer project (right-click on the project in Solution Explorer and select the "View -> File System" command from the pop-up menu).
Select the "User's Programs Menu" in the left-hand pane of that view, then right-click anywhere in the right-hand pane; you should then see a pop-up menu with a "Create New Shortcut" command (similar to that shown below)
- Select this command; then, in the dialog box that follows, navigate to the target (executable) for the shortcut and click "OK". A shortcut to that item will then appear in the right-hand pane of your File System View, which you can rename as with any other file in Windows.