hi i am havinf trouble with icons,on the setup part i have got this:
UninstallDisplayIcon="X:\Design\IdOntime\icon_ontime.ico"
this icon is in a server, and i can reach the server folder in a mapped drive, in this case x:.
So this is saying where the uninstall icon is, and when i run setup the uninstall icon appear correclty.
Now moving to the icons on the desktop and the init menu..
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; IconFilename: "X:\Design\IdOntime\icon_ontime.ico"
Name: "{commondesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon; IconFilename: "X:\Design\IdOntime\icon_ontime.ico"
i am using the same path, but this time instead of the icon , it appears a blank page. What i can understant is that the windows didnt find the icon so it is puting a default icon.
what is even more stange is that if i change the path of the icon to a local path, it works.
so does inno setup icons section doenst like mapped path?
thanks in advance..
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I am looking for the option to create a URL link with Inno Setup on the desktop.
I need to call my web application with some parameters. Till now I was only able to create a shortcut to my application folder an my program, but how to create a URL link?
I think it must be solved in the Icons section?
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\MyAPP"; Filename: "{app}\MYPROG.EXE"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{group}\App Logs"; Filename:"{commonappdata}\Foo\App\logfiles"; \
WorkingDir: "{commonappdata}\Foo\App\logfiles"
Name: "{group}\Uninstall"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
Just set the Filename parameter to the URL:
Filename (Required)
...
In addition to file and folder names, URLs (web site addresses) may also be specified. When a URL is specified, Setup will create an "Internet Shortcut" (.url) file, and ignore the Parameters, WorkingDir, HotKey, and Comment parameters.
Example:
[Icons]
Name: "{autodesktop}\Web"; Filename: "https://www.example.com/"
Internet shortcuts must be specified in INI section
[INI]
FileName={commondesktop}\MyShortcutName.url,Section:InternetShortcut;Key:URL;String: Http://MyShortcutName.com
I am creating an installer in InnoScript. I am facing an issue. I use the following code to create the shortcuts,
Name: "{commonstartmenu}\{#MyAppPublisher}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; IconFilename: "{app}\MyIcon.ico"
Name: "{commondesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\MyProg.exe"; IconFilename: "{app}\MyIcon.ico"
On Windows 10 the created icons shows the UAC shield icon and asks the user the UAC message to run as administrator when opened.
This does not happen in Windows 7. It runs without asking UAC message.
How to prevent from showing the UAC message in Windows 10?
It seems the installation directory already existed with limited user access. This is why it asked for UAC. When another folder location was selected, it did not ask for UAC.
Here's part of my inno setup script:
[Setup]
PrivilegesRequired=admin
[Icons]
Name: "{commonprograms}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
Name: "{commonstartup}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
When i open the startup folder Win+R and type "shell:startup", there is no such folder created after the setup completed. The normal Program folder is created though. As I understand, to modify commonstartup, requires admin privilege and I have added this entry in Setup, but still not working. Anybody have any idea why and how to fix this?
EDIT: ok i tried with {userstartup} then it works. so my question is why the commonstartup one can't work?
The shell:startup opens user's "startup" folder, not the common one.
To open the common one, use shell:common startup.
I've got an issue that seems to be specific to Windows 10 with the Start menu uninstall shortcut I create in my setup. The shortcut is simply not shown.
However, others shortcuts I create are shown as well...
Here is the value for DefaultGroupName:
DefaultGroupName={#MyAppPublisher}\MyCompany\MySoftwareName
Here are my entries for shortcuts in [Icons] section:
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}"; Filename: "{app}\MyExeName.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{commondesktop}\{#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}"; Filename: "{app}\MyExeName.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"; IconFilename: "{app}\MyExeName.exe"
Name: "{userappdata}\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\{#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}"; Filename: "{app}\MyExeName.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"; Tasks: quicklaunchicon
Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram, {#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion}}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"; WorkingDir: "{app}"; IconFilename: "{app}\Remove.ico"
Name: "{group}\{cm:SHORTCUT_SAV}"; Filename: "{code:GetDataDir}"
I've tried a simple entry too:
Name: "{group}\Uninstall My Program"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
But shortcut is still not shown.
Note that this works fine in any previous version of Windows...
Do you have any idea on this? I've search but I have not found any topic related to this specific problem.
Windows 8 and newer employs lots of optimizations to the Start menu to reduce number of items shown.
For example it won't display two shortcuts pointing to the same target, no matter, if the shortcuts have different labels or are placed in different menu folders.
You are probably a victim of such optimization.
Anyway, what you are trying to do is against Windows guidelines:
You should not use Start menu folders in Windows 8 and newer.
You should not add a shortcut to an uninstaller to the Start menu, on any version of Windows. The user should go to Control panel or Settings app to uninstall a program (that's also a possible explanation, why the shortcut is not shown).
I had the same problem.
In my case sometimes only the uninstall shortcut in windows start menu disappers.
Somehow I fixed it.
Just use in Icons-section the command to create this shortcut twice. Their names need to differ.
For example:
Name: "{group}\{#Uninstall_Name} {#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}";IconFilename: {app}\{#IconFileStartDesktop};
Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName} {#Uninstall_Name}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}" ;IconFilename: {app}\{#IconFileStartDesktop};
If the first uninstall-shorcut does not show up, the second one will do it.
new to the group and to INNO. :)
I figured a workaround to have an UNINSTALL entry in the START MENU.
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppNameShort}}"; Filename: "{#MyUninstallFilesDir}\unins000.exe"; Tasks: startmenu
It's not elegant having to hard-code the EXE, but it works in Win10 64-bit. My plan for updates is to uninstall the Access Front-end, leave the Back End alone, and reinstall only the Front-end.
(in theory...)
Robert
:)
Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}
Just insert the command twice..done:)
I am using the following lines to create icons:
Name: "{group}\<PRODUCTNAME>"; Filename: "{app}\<PRODUCTEXENAME>"
Name: "{group}\<PRODUCTNAME> (Log Mode)"; Filename: "{app}\<PRODUCTEXENAME>"; Parameters: "/log"
Name: "{group}\{cm:ProgramOnTheWeb,<PRODUCTNAME>}"; Filename: "{app}\<PRODUCTNAME>.url"
Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,<PRODUCTNAME>}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
Name: "{userdesktop}\<PRODUCTNAME>"; Filename: "{app}\<PRODUCTEXENAME>";
Name: "{commondesktop}\<PRODUCTNAME>"; Filename: "{app}\<PRODUCTEXENAME>"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{userappdata}\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\<PRODUCTNAME>"; Filename: "{app}\<PRODUCTEXENAME>";WorkingDir:"{app}"
I guess I just did a mistake where I place a desktop icon twice.
Does anybody see where my mistake is?
You create 1 icon for Current User {userdesktop} and 1 icon for All Users {commondesktop}. After installation if you would log on to another account you would see only {commondesktop} one.
You should choose only 1 of those 2, which corresponds to your application behavior. If your application should work for every user on the computer, you should choose the {commondesktop}, but if it is intended to work only for User who installed the application, you should choose {userdesktop}.