Excluding or Deleting an Existing App-V Package

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Microsoft App-V Assistant

To prevent a shortcut from being created in the App-V package, you can choose to either delete or exclude it.

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Excluding a shortcut—When you exclude a shortcut, it will not be created in the App-V package, but it will remain in the InstallShield project.

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Deleting a shortcut—When you delete a shortcut, it is removed from both the App-V package and the InstallShield project.

Caution:If you delete a shortcut on the Applications page, the shortcut is also deleted from the InstallShield project, and, subsequently, from the Windows Installer package.

If you have any unnecessary shortcuts in your project, you can simply exclude them from the App-V package by unchecking them in the shortcuts list. If you like to permanently remove a shortcut, you can delete it from the shortcut list.

Excluding a Shortcut

If you want to exclude one of these shortcuts from being created in the App-V package, perform the following steps.

To exclude a shortcut:

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In the Microsoft App-V Assistant, open the Applications page.

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Select the shortcut that you want to exclude and clear its check box.

Note:When you exclude a shortcut, it is not created in the App-V package, but it remains in the InstallShield project.

Deleting a Shortcut

To delete a shortcut, perform the following steps.

To delete a shortcut:

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In the Microsoft App-V Assistant, open the Applications page.

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Select the shortcut and click Delete.

Caution:If you delete a shortcut on the Applications page, the shortcut is also deleted from the InstallShield project, and, subsequently, from the Windows Installer package.