Creating shortcuts for downloaded files

5 posts

ti84pSeptember 7, 2009 at 10:43 PM#

Creating shortcuts for downloaded files

I am working on an installer that downloads a zip, extracts it, then creates shortcuts for every exe in the zip. I have successfully downloaded and extracted the zip, but can't get it to create the shortcuts. Below is my code so far.



	${Locate} "$INSTDIR" "/L=F /M=*.exe" "CreateShortcuts"







Function "CreateShortcuts"

	CreateShortCut "$StartMenu\$StartMenuGroup\$R7.lnk" "$R9"

	Push ""

FunctionEnd

AndersSeptember 7, 2009 at 11:00 PM#

The folder "$StartMenu\$StartMenuGroup" has to exist before calling CreateShortCut

ti84pSeptember 9, 2009 at 9:12 PM#

Originally posted by Anders
The folder "$StartMenu\$StartMenuGroup" has to exist before calling CreateShortCut

Thank you. That was it.

Now I just have to get my scheduled task to create...

demiller9September 9, 2009 at 9:33 PM#

Why not just use the CreateDirectory command?

Function "CreateShortcuts"

	CreateDirectory "$StartMenu\$StartMenuGroup"

	CreateShortCut "$StartMenu\$StartMenuGroup\$R7.lnk" "$R9"

	Push ""

FunctionEnd

SetOutPath will also create a directory for you.

MSGSeptember 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM#

Note that SetOutPath also sets the working directory (aka starting directory) for the shortcut you're creating. You probably want to SetOutPath $INSTDIR (or whatever starting directory you want) before you call CreateShortcut.