Packagemaker Problem

Hi I am creating installer for mac with Package maker. I need to create Alias after the instalation. So added ~ /Desktop to Alias path. But its not creating Alias File on Desktop. But i changed it to System Drive it works. any Tips ?
Thanks in Advanced
LH

It would be best to ask the user if they wanted to have icons created on the desktop or in the Dock. To do that, it would be best to include an AppleScript that runs in the postflight phase. In the Applescript, you can more easily access the user's desktop and the Dock and interace with the user to see if they want to do that. While you are running in the PackageMaker context, such things are much more difficult. Plus, the user gets really annoyed that you didn't ask first.
It may be possible to do all of this entirely from within PackageMaker, but I can guarantee it would be much more difficult that way. All things are more difficult in PackageMaker. I suggest not even bothering. It is a lot of work, could potentially delete the user's Desktop if you aren't careful, has little value added, and will likely serve only to annoy people.

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