.net - How do I launch an application after install in a Visual Studio Setup Project

Question

I have created a setup project using Visual Studio 2008. After the application is finished installing, I would like to have it start up immediately. Any thoughts on how this can be done?

Answer 1

I've used a script to place a checkbox "Launch [ProductName]" on the final form of the MSI. I cannot take any credit for the script though. You can find the script over on Aaron Stebner's blog at MSDN http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/08/12/696833.aspx

There's an interesting article about it on CodeProject and some good answers there also (which is where I found Aaron's article). http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/Installation.aspx

Finally, there's also some other similar questions on StackOverflow

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