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Creating a Desktop Shortcut or Taskbar Icon

Consistent with Microsoft installer (MSI) file processes, the e-automate MSI file creates an ECi folder with e-admin, e-automate, and e-views options in the Windows Start menu; it does not automatically create Windows desktop shortcuts for these programs.

To create a Windows shortcut, do the following (based on Windows 10):

Navigate to the folder where you installed the software (by default, C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\ECi\e-automate for a per-user install or C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\ECi\e-automate for a per-machine install).

Right-click the program icon (e-admin, e-automate, or e-views) for which you want to create a shortcut.

From the right-click menu, select Create shortcut. The system displays the message, "Windows can't create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?"

Click the [Yes] button to close the message and to have the system place the shortcut on the desktop.

To pin a program to the task bar, do the following (based on Windows 10):

Click the Start menu icon.

Scroll to the ECi folder.

Click the folder's drop-down menu icon to display the e-admin, e-automate, and e-views programs.

Right-click the program you want to pin to the task.

From the right-click menu, select More >.

From the More > menu, select Pin to taskbar.