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create desktop shortcut to other program unrelated to install.

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Hello, Is it possible to create a shortcut to a file that would be previously installed on the target computer if I don't know where the file is installed at?

I searched and found this which is sorta what I want to do, but that is to a different indigo program.

Best example I can give, is if I wanted to create a desktop shortcut to the program wow.exe from within my installer, where wow.exe is the game file for world of warcraft, but I dont know where the target installed the game, I believe I can check in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft

where I know a string "InstallPath" is that has a value of (in my case) C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\

My problem is Im not sure that is the correct key or if it will be the same on every computer. And once I have that information how do i create a shortcut to %InstallPath%/wow.exe

if it makes any difference I want the shortcut to run the file with admin privileges.

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