y2kanily2k
14th July 2006 07:30 UTC

Internet Shortcut Icon
Hi, How to show icon for the internet shortcut.

Afrow UK
14th July 2006 09:19 UTC

WriteINIStr "$SMPROGRAMS\MyApp\Shortcut.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "http://mywebsite.com"

-Stu

y2kanily2k
14th July 2006 09:53 UTC

Hi I want to display a icon instead of internet explorer icon for the shortcut.

Afrow UK
14th July 2006 13:39 UTC

Not possible as far as I am aware.

-Stu

vitoco
14th July 2006 15:44 UTC

WriteINIStr "$SMPROGRAMS\MyApp\Shortcut.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "http://mywebsite.com"
WriteINIStr "$SMPROGRAMS\MyApp\Shortcut.url" "InternetShortcut" "IconFile" "$INSTDIR\file.dll"
WriteINIStr "$SMPROGRAMS\MyApp\Shortcut.url" "InternetShortcut" "IconIndex" "0"

Afrow UK
14th July 2006 15:58 UTC

You're right. Googled for InternetShortcut and IconFile and came up with some results.

-Stu

vitoco
14th July 2006 16:15 UTC

I've just googled for your keywords, and the first result is a NSIS macro :eek:

So, the answer was in the Wiki!

zeromoney
23rd August 2006 22:38 UTC

Hi, I'm using

WriteINIStr "$SMPROGRAMS\MyApp\Shortcut.url" "InternetShortcut" "URL" "http://mywebsite.com"

to add an internet shortcut to my website, right.
The problem is, IconFile and IconIndex keeps adding by itself!!!
It adds http://mywebsite.com/favicon.ico as the IconFile and 1 as the Icon Index, it looks like this:

IconFile=http://mywebsite.com/favicon.ico
IconIndex=1

Why does this keep adding itself? I didn't put that crap in there and I don't want it!

kichik
25th August 2006 13:12 UTC

It's probably a feature of Internet Explorer that sets the shortcut's icon to the icon the website defines. I'd guess the only workaround is defining your own icon.

zeromoney
27th August 2006 05:03 UTC

well NSIS's own installer doesn't add that crap.

zeromoney
27th August 2006 06:31 UTC

An update: I cleared out my Internet Explorer cache, and now the problem is solved! Crap isn't added!