We have a smart client application(based on .NET 2.0). We have a
requirement to be able to launch it from a desktop shortcut. I am
looking for various alternatives to fulfil this requirement with no
success.

One approcah is to create a windows service and being able to launch
the application. But, we are using ClickOnce technology to deploy the
application. I am aware that using this technology we cannot install
such a service.

Another is to create file associations, but even this will require
access to the registry on client machine and again ClickOnce technology
has the limitation of not being able to access registry on the client
machine.

Are there any other alternatives that I can use to accomplish this?
Hope to see some responses.

Thanks
Ravi

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