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Excluding vs. Deleting a Profile Shortcut

AdminStudio 2025 | 29.0 | Citrix Assistant

By default, the Citrix Assistant creates shortcuts to all of the executable (.exe) files that were added on the Profile Files page, and lists them in a checklist on the Profile Shortcuts page.

Initial List of Shortcuts for an Application

To prevent the shortcut from being created in the Citrix profile, you can choose to either delete or exclude it.

  • Excluding a shortcut—When you exclude a shortcut, it will not be created in the Citrix profile, but it will remain in the InstallShield project. See Excluding a Profile Shortcut.
  • Deleting a Shortcut—When you delete a shortcut, it is removed from both the Citrix profile and the InstallShield project. See Deleting a Shortcut.

If you have any unnecessary shortcuts in your project, you can simply exclude them from the Profile by unchecking them in the shortcuts list. If you like to permanently remove a shortcut, you can delete it from the shortcut list.

Excluding a Profile Shortcut​

If you want to exclude one of these shortcuts from being created in the Citrix profile, perform the following steps:

To exclude a shortcut:

  1. Open the Profile Shortcuts page. All of the executable (.exe) files that were added on the Profile Files page are listed.
    • Those that are currently included are selected.
    • Those that are currently excluded are not selected.
  2. To exclude a shortcut, select the shortcut and clear the check box.
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When you exclude a shortcut, it will not be created in the Citrix profile, but it will remain in the InstallShield project.

Deleting a Shortcut​

To delete a shortcut, perform the following steps.

To delete a shortcut:

  1. Open the Profile Shortcuts page. All of the shortcuts are listed.
  2. Select the shortcut and click Delete .
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If you delete a shortcut on the Profile Shortcuts page, the shortcut is also deleted from the InstallShield project, and, subsequently, from the Windows Installer package.