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I have a shortcut on the desktop in my application that I want a user to
drop a file on and then have the application run. The shortcut that
installs with the application does not look like you can drop a file on it
and it does not change when. The shortcut shows a circle with a line
through it when trying to drop a file onto it. When I create a shortcut by
dragging it onto the desktop the application works as expected. Any ideas?
I have followed the MSDN walkthrough for deploying a Windows Application.

Thanks.
Mark
Nov 21 '05 #1
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Have you created a 'file association' so that documents open in your
application?

All information is available in the Windows Installer help files

"Mark" wrote:
I have a shortcut on the desktop in my application that I want a user to
drop a file on and then have the application run. The shortcut that
installs with the application does not look like you can drop a file on it
and it does not change when. The shortcut shows a circle with a line
through it when trying to drop a file onto it. When I create a shortcut by
dragging it onto the desktop the application works as expected. Any ideas?
I have followed the MSDN walkthrough for deploying a Windows Application.

Thanks.
Mark

Nov 21 '05 #2
Should I have to do that? This application is just sending the file via ftp
to another location. Do I really need to create a file association to move
this file, I don't need to look at it.

Mark

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Have you created a 'file association' so that documents open in your
application?

All information is available in the Windows Installer help files

"Mark" wrote:
I have a shortcut on the desktop in my application that I want a user to
drop a file on and then have the application run. The shortcut that
installs with the application does not look like you can drop a file on
it
and it does not change when. The shortcut shows a circle with a line
through it when trying to drop a file onto it. When I create a shortcut
by
dragging it onto the desktop the application works as expected. Any
ideas?
I have followed the MSDN walkthrough for deploying a Windows Application.

Thanks.
Mark

Nov 21 '05 #3

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