Application icon appears blank when installed for the first time

I created a setup for my application using NSIS. I had added an icon to my exe file using resource file. Besides that in the NSIS script I created the shortcut like this:

CreateShortCut "<Link_Path>" "<Exe_Path>" "" "<Icon_Path>" "" "" "" "<Application_Name>"

When I install the application using the generated setup for the first time in a (32 bit ) machine, the icon for the application appears blank in the start menu recent application section. But the shortcut created and the application link in the start>All_Programs folder has the icon.

But when I reinstall the application, the icon appears for the start menu recent application section as well.

Make sure the application executable file is extracted before creating the short cut.

Stu

Originally Posted by Afrow UK View Post

Make sure the application executable file is extracted before creating the short cut.

Stu

Thanks for the reply. I was extracting the files after setting the shortcut. I have made the changes in the script. But I am unable to test it in my system as I have already installed the application once. The issue used to happen only during the first installation. Is there any way to reproduce the issue in my PC itself? I tried changing the ico file, but the icon got updated in the first try itself.

Google "windows clear icon cache".

Stu

Thank you. I tried the installer on different PC's. It's working fine. But after clearing the icon cache, I am not getting the icon unless until i restart the explorer.exe process. Anyway, it's working fine for frseh installations currently. Thanks a lot.

Usually the order is: files, uninstaller, registry, shortcuts. After creating all your shortcuts, try putting this in:

!define SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED 0x8000000
!define SHCNF_IDLIST 0
System::Call 'Shell32::SHChangeNotify(i ${SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED}, i ${SHCNF_IDLIST}, i 0, i 0)'