Set Icon to Shortcut - NSIS Forums

MichaelFlya
25th May 2005 18:27 UTC

Set Icon to Shortcut
I Simply need to Place a Different Icon on
to the Shortcuts I make Other than what
it's Linked to.

How Do I do this With the Installer?

-MIchaelFlya-

Afrow UK
25th May 2005 21:37 UTC

CreateShortcut
link.lnk target.file [parameters [icon.file [icon_index_number [start_options [keyboard_shortcut [description]]]]]]

It's all in the docs.

-Stu

MichaelFlya
25th May 2005 21:53 UTC

Thanks !!!! Sometimes I Miss somethings.

-MichaelFlya-

MichaelFlya
26th May 2005 04:10 UTC

Well I have that Working, but Set Hot Key is Getting
in my way. I want to say None. How do I tell it not
to set something for HotKey?

Actually I got it to work Without that, but When I
try and put a Description in it, It Complains about
HotKey if it Doesn't have one.

This is What I'm Using and it Works... I Decided to
add a Description and again that Hot Key is getting
in my Way. For now I just put a ; by it.


CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\$STARTMENU_FOLDER\ProgramName.lnk" "$INSTDIR\ProgramExe" \
  "" "$INSTDIR\ProgramIcon" 0 SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED ;"Description Here"

-MichaelFlya-

Aaron's rod
26th May 2005 09:40 UTC

Just use empty quotes "" for parameters what you don't want to use.

Looks like you have backslash in wierd place if you ment that backslash for parameter put it into third quote. Notice that you don't need to set icon_index_number and start_options.


CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\$STARTMENU_FOLDER\ProgramName.lnk" 
"$INSTDIR\ProgramExe" "" "$INSTDIR\ProgramIcon" 0 SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED "" "Description Here"

RobGrant
26th May 2005 09:57 UTC

This is not a comment against you Michael, but stop capitalising everything :) Just the start of sentences, the first person singular pronoun 'I' and names of things will do!

Thanks

(Sorry for nitpicking!)

MichaelFlya
26th May 2005 12:36 UTC

I needed Start Options. Plus back slashes I thought
were for continuing a line of code on the next line.

Like the Example:


CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\My Company"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\My Company\My Program.lnk" "$INSTDIR\My Program.exe" \
  "some command line parameters" "$INSTDIR\My Program.exe" 2 SW_SHOWNORMAL \
  ALT|CTRL|SHIFT|F5 "a description"

Misleading in a way.

Thanks for your help. I just put everything
into one line instead of doing three lines.

Everything works fine now.

I had used "" for Hotkeys, but it yelled at
me. Altho it was with the back slashes and
it starting on the next line.

-MichaelFlya-
PS. (Person) (Place) (Thing) And Sometimes Y :)