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Teamgreentech Valued Newbie
Joined: 07 Dec 2010 Posts: 46 Location: Somerset
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:03 pm Post subject: Creating desktop shortcuts for XP & Win7 for install scr |
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Another question for all you vds coding experts
I am writing and install script but don't know how to creat the shortcuts for XP or windows 7 so that all users get the icon / shortcut on their desktop.
How can I script this in my installer ?
Many thanks in advance
Andy - Teamgreentech _________________ Many thanks
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PGWARE Web Host
Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1563
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:28 am Post subject: |
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Been awhile since I used vds, so this may or may not work:
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LINK CREATE,c:\file.txt,@windir(Desktop),shortcut to file.txt
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Thats according to the vds 6 help file. I'd recommend that you use an actual installer rather than try to create one yourself, you had to account for many things during install - 32bit/64bit, elevation, registry. Use an installer like InnoSetup www.jrsoftware.org it is very easy to write up an installer with it and is gauranteed to work; thousands of developers use this installer and its free. |
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Teamgreentech Valued Newbie
Joined: 07 Dec 2010 Posts: 46 Location: Somerset
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Thanks PGWARE once again
I'll take a look at inno right now.....
PGWARE wrote: | Been awhile since I used vds, so this may or may not work:
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LINK CREATE,c:\file.txt,@windir(Desktop),shortcut to file.txt
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Thats according to the vds 6 help file. I'd recommend that you use an actual installer rather than try to create one yourself, you had to account for many things during install - 32bit/64bit, elevation, registry. Use an installer like InnoSetup www.jrsoftware.org it is very easy to write up an installer with it and is gauranteed to work; thousands of developers use this installer and its free. |
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