Desktop Shortcuts Discontinued

Beginning with PADS VX.1, the installer no longer creates desktop shortcuts. The VX releases contain an improved architecture that allows concurrent installations of different versions and/or different flows.

Now you can create and control your own shortcuts to different versions or software in different flows without them being deleted when you switch the active release (the release associated with the software file types).

Tip

If you create your own shortcuts, copy the Start menu shortcuts instead of generating ones from the executables in the install directory. Start menu shortcuts contain a “wrapper” that allows the proper environment variables to be defined as the program launches.