vermeerp
12th November 2002 21:12 UTC

problem with icon for shortcut
Hi,

I've successfully created a shortcut on my desktop and included an icon to use:

CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\ISU DiagnosticPathfinder.lnk" \
"C:\Program Files\Java Web Start\javaws.exe" \
'"$INSTDIR\DMDiagnosticPathfinder\AMDiagnosticPathfinder.jnlp"' \
'"$INSTDIR\DMDiagnosticPathfinder\RBDP.gif.ico"' \
0

The problem is that when the shortcut is created, one of the Windows generic icons is displayed instead of the one I specified. When I right click on the shortcut and look at the shortcut properties and select "Change Icon", the icon that is listed is the correct one, but that one is not displayed until I click "OK" within the "Change Icon" dialog.

Any suggestions on how to eliminate this behavior and get it to automatically display the correct icon?

BTW, my OS is Windows 2000.

THanks,

Pam

cony
13th November 2002 07:21 UTC

Save your icon as a really .ico file.
Maybe your ico file is a gif file. I just guess from your filename.

treaz
22nd January 2003 20:49 UTC

Hi,

Can someone please tell me if there is anything wrong with my code here:

CreateShortCut"$SMPROGRAMS\${MUI_STARTMENU_VARIABLE}\Start.lnk""$INSTDIR\run.bat""Start32x32.ico"

treaz
22nd January 2003 21:21 UTC

Hi,

I managed to solve it with:

CreateShortCut"$SMPROGRAMS\${MUI_STARTMENU_VARIABLE}Start.lnk""$INSTDIR\run.bat""""Start32x32.ico"

virtlink
24th January 2003 14:05 UTC

That's because the NSIS compiler cannot guess that you're referring to the icon.file argument. It thinks that it is a parameter for the shortcut.