Hello, I have a package that installs a program in C: \ Application but it does not create an application shortcut on desktop. 

Is there any of meteodo to deploy the shortcut

Hi

Look here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/efe96240-25fe-4393-bf66-c2cd311fff3f/pushing-out-desktop-shortcut-via-sccm?forum=configmgrswdist

Is the package itself being deployed by SCCM? Is it a script or just an MSI?

I have same issue. We have sccm 2012 R2 and I have tried to deploy application that installs fine but does not creat shortcut at all. When I test same application on my own computer locally the shortcut goes to public desktop as it should (defined in MSI).

Any idea what might prevent the shorcut creation.

You could enable verbose logging for the MSI installation.

Then install the MSI using the local system account with PSEXEC -i -s cmd.exe

http://richardbalsley.com/a-simple-tip-to-test-software-installation-using-the-local-system-account

Have a look at the log file and compare it to a log file installed with your own credentials.

msiexec /i "C:\MyPackage\Example.msi" /L*V "C:\log\example.log"

• Edited by Richard.Knight 19 hours 11 minutes ago

You could enable verbose logging for the MSI installation.

Then install the MSI using the local system account with PSEXEC -i -s cmd.exe

http://richardbalsley.com/a-simple-tip-to-test-software-installation-using-the-local-system-account

Have a look at the log file and compare it to a log file installed with your own credentials.

msiexec /i "C:\MyPackage\Example.msi" /L*V "C:\log\example.log"

• Edited by Richard.Knight Friday, April 17, 2015 12:35 PM

Found two lines from the log file when insalling as system

MSI (s) (BC:AC) [16:07:58:460]: SHELL32::SHGetFolderPath returned: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop

MSI (s) (BC:AC) [16:07:58:460]: SHELL32::SHGetFolderPath returned: C:\Users\Public\Desktop

and the shortcut is loacated on the first folder, but not in public desktop, nothing related to error in the log.