Automatic creation of desktop icon using application builder installer

Can app builder create and installer where a desktop icon is automatically placed on the desktop?

Hi ATS-MN
With LabVIEW 8 you can create a shortcut on the desktop. In the new Installer Builder, there is a category for shortcuts and you can specify the executable and the desktop folder here. In previous version of LabVIEW, you were not able to have an installer create desktop shortcuts.
Hope this helps!
Megan B.
National Instruments.

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Custom icon in application builder

I am trying to create an executable with custom icon using Application Builder in LabVIEW.
I converted a .png image to .ico for the icon, but when I select that .ico file as a custom icon, I get the following message:
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It's possible that you don't have both 16x16 and 32x32 icons in 16 bit color. When you convert the .png to an .ico, see if there is an option to convert into necessary ico images that you need.
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I placed it in project file and included it in category of "Always Included" in exe creation. Then after i created installer with needed NI drivers. But this installer didn't registered the dlls in project file. I registered it manually using regsvr32 command..
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How to use application builder to generate installation disk without compiling the the support files?

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Automatic creation of an equipment using the serial number

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