^^^ What he said.


Furthermore, once installed, the icon for the application will only be found in your computer's Applications folder.

If you want an Alias ("Shortcut" in Windows) somewhere else (like your desktop), hold down the Command (the "squiggly" looking key between the Option key and Space key) and Option keys and drag the icon to wherever you want the shortcut.

More likely, you'll want the icon in your Dock... you can either drag the icon to wherever you want it in the dock or if you run the application first, either right click or control-click on it and choose "Keep in Dock" from the contextual menu.