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title: PUBLISH APP
description: PUBLISH APP
author: jamiejdt
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# PUBLISH APP


Publishes an application shortcut to the user's Start menu, desktop, or other specified location.

`SFTMIME PUBLISH APP:application                 {/DESKTOP | /START | /TARGET target-path} [/ICON icon-pathname]                 [/DISPLAY display-name] [/ARGS command-args...]                 [/LOG log-pathname | /CONSOLE | /GUI]`

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<td align="left"><p>APPLICATION:&lt;application&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The name and version (optional) of the application.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/DESKTOP</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Publishes a shortcut to the user's desktop.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/START</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Publishes a shortcut to the Application Virtualization Applications folder in the Programs folder of the Start menu.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/TARGET &lt;target-path&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The absolute path where the shortcut should be published.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/ICON &lt;icon-pathname&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The path or URL for the icon file.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/DISPLAY &lt;display-name&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>The display name for the shortcut.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/ARGS &lt;command-args&gt;</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>Parameters to be passed to the application.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/LOG</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is logged to the specified path name.</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/CONSOLE</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is presented in the active console window (default).</p></td>
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<td align="left"><p>/GUI</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is presented in a Windows dialog box.</p></td>
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For version 4.6, the following option has been added.

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<td align="left"><p>/LOGU</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>If specified, output is logged to the specified path name in UNICODE format.</p></td>
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## Related topics


[SFTMIME Command Reference](sftmime--command-reference.md)