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Excluding or Deleting an Existing App-V Package

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

  • 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.

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

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    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​

To exclude a shortcut from being created in the App-V package:

  1. In the Microsoft App-V Assistant, open the Applications page.
  2. Select the shortcut that you want to exclude and clear its check box.
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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:

  1. In the Microsoft App-V Assistant, open the Applications page.
  2. Select the shortcut that you want to exclude and clear its check box.
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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.