how to order ShortCut(s) in Start Menu?

Mark Poyser · 25th November 2005, 03:45

I CreateDirectory in the Start Menu ($SMPROGRAMS) and then have several CreateShortCut to tuck in there. But I'd like to have it so that a particular short cut is at the top when the set "flys out" to the right.

I can't figure out how to do that. Reordering the CreateShortCut lines doesn't seem to make a difference. The ordering doesn't seem to be alphabetical or file-date sensitive.

Any ideas how to get a particular short cut to be the top one? (this is for convenience only, but would be nice to have)

kichik · 25th November 2005, 10:01

You can't set the icons order. That's for the end-user to decide. However, you can highlight one shortcut on Windows XP as a new program. See the following Wiki page for more information:

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Start_Menu_Highlight

Mark Poyser · 27th November 2005, 10:24

Thanks! I have managed to get the ordering as I like it - for now - due to total randomness. As I've been making changes to the modules and recompiling, the right ordering came about (on XP, 2000, 98 OS).

But I'll definitely try the "XP option" as it were.

25th November 2005, 03:45	#1
Mark Poyser Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2	how to order ShortCut(s) in Start Menu? I CreateDirectory in the Start Menu ($SMPROGRAMS) and then have several CreateShortCut to tuck in there. But I'd like to have it so that a particular short cut is at the top when the set "flys out" to the right. I can't figure out how to do that. Reordering the CreateShortCut lines doesn't seem to make a difference. The ordering doesn't seem to be alphabetical or file-date sensitive. Any ideas how to get a particular short cut to be the top one? (this is for convenience only, but would be nice to have)

25th November 2005, 10:01	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	You can't set the icons order. That's for the end-user to decide. However, you can highlight one shortcut on Windows XP as a new program. See the following Wiki page for more information: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Start_Menu_Highlight NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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27th November 2005, 10:24	#3
Mark Poyser Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2	Thanks! I have managed to get the ordering as I like it - for now - due to total randomness. As I've been making changes to the modules and recompiling, the right ordering came about (on XP, 2000, 98 OS). But I'll definitely try the "XP option" as it were.