how to create a shortcut to a application after it get installed.

Is there a reason that you have not included this functionality in your setup project?

In case you would like to do it that way, take a look at this[^].

To achieve the goal I followed the following steps:
1. Created a setup deployment project in VS.
2. Added a file in Application Folder.
3. Created a shortcut of the file in Application Folder.
4. Moved the shortcut in the User's Desktop Folder.
5. Build the solution and created the setup.exe file.
Executed the setup file and it deployed the file as well as created the shortcut of it on the desktop.
Hope this will answer your question.

Just go to the directory where you application is intalled,most probablly where the directory where your OS has been installed.
you will found progarm files folder.open that folder and serch for the application exe.Then right click on that
You will found 2 opttions:
1.Send to Desktop
2.Creat Shortcut.

Use any one :)

if you are using windows (any version) you just go to the folder where the desired executable(FileName.exe) file exist. select the .exe file write click click on Send To> now click on Desktop(Create Shortcut) .

MyApp.exe
       |
       |---> Send To ----->
                           |
                           | ---> Desktop(Create Shortcut)

This will do....

And if you don,t know where the exe is.... just search it by guessing the name of executable and with extension

like your app name is MyApp
then search *MyApp*.exe