teebird
3rd December 2008 16:47 UTC

install a desktop icon
I can't find documentation anywhere on how to have the NSIS installer create a Windows desktop icon for the user.

The shortcut is going into the start-menu just fine.

Can you help?

Thanks.

Animaether
3rd December 2008 18:50 UTC

You use the same command - CreateShortCut, except instead of $SMPROGRAMS you use $DESKTOP. Like $SMPROGRAMS, it depends on SetShellVarContext to determine whether it's the current user's desktop only - or all users' (must be admin/etc. if on a limited account machine).

teebird
3rd December 2008 20:05 UTC

Thanks, that works, but the icon has no picture associated with it, as it does when I create a shortcut from my program executable by hand.

Afrow UK
3rd December 2008 22:32 UTC

If there is no icon present then your path must be incorrect or you are setting an icon yourself which is incorrect.

Stu

teebird
4th December 2008 08:02 UTC

Here is the line in my .nsi file:

CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Program.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Program.exe" "" 0

An icon is placed on the desktop.

There is no icon associated with it.

Although, the correct icon is shown when I create the shortcut by hand, not using NSIS.

Any clues?

Anders
4th December 2008 08:26 UTC

so why set the icon to 0?

all you need is: CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Program.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Program.exe"

teebird
4th December 2008 17:35 UTC

>>so why set the icon to 0?

Because I'm dense?

Hey, removing the zero worked!

Thanks for the help :)