esersen
9th August 2011 15:15 UTC

creating shortcuts
New to NSIS and script files... I am using NSIS 2.46 'Installer based on zip file' function to package a zip file as an executable to upload to my website. When a user downloads this file, it creates a folder with my program files in it on his hard drive which is where I want it. Inside the folder are two shortcuts. How can I use the NSIS program to move those two shortcuts to all user desktops after the installation so that they can launch my programs directly from their desktop?

MSG
9th August 2011 21:15 UTC

You'll have to write a small NSIS script and compile it. To learn NSIS, start by looking at NSIS\Examples\Example1.nsi and Example2.nsi. Find out what all the commands do by using the command reference: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html

Once you know what every command in those examples is for, and why they are used, you'll probably already know everything you need to do what you want to do.