site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com As for the alias, does it need to be a real alias, or will a symlink work? If it's a symlink, you can write a simple postinstall script that will ln -s /Applications/Your.app "${HOME}/Desktop/Your.app" -pmb _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... Your application (not the installer) should install the preferences plist itself, the first time it runs. If you use the NS or CFPreferences APIs, this will happen for you. At 1:44 PM -0700 9/26/05, Steve Sappington wrote: I've built an installer for my Tiger Application using Packagemaker- It's working well except for two things: -I need to be able to create an alias to my application, which is installed in the applications folder, on the desktop -I need to be able to copy a .plist to userhome/Library/Preferences/ I'm stumped, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com