So I was having an Issue where an installer was not creating a shortcut on the desktop, turns out it was a installer issue but due to the fact we SCCM to deploy we can run a simple powershell script to solve this issue.
Below is the script, that needs to be run as admin.
$InstallPath = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 5.0.4\"$InstallPath.\pycharm-community-5.0.4.exe /S /D=$InstallPath# Create a Shortcut with Windows PowerShell$TargetFile = "$InstallPath\bin\pycharm.exe"$ShortcutFile = "$env:Public\Desktop\Pycharm.lnk"$WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell$Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile)$Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile$Shortcut.Save()
UPDATE 10/07/2017:
I have found the real reason why this is required, when using silent install the installer will always default to non-admin and as such does not do the following:
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No shortcut gets created in the
Public\Desktop
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No Start Menu entries are created
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The software is not listed in the “Programs
and Features” list in Control Panel
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No registry key is added to the
HKLM:\..\Uninstall branch
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The uninstall registry key is created in the
HKCU branch
this is tracked here:
IDEA-146215
