modify path startIn Icons

hanenjom · 9th December 2011, 08:50

Hi,
can you help me please,

I want to do an install of .exe, the installation wil be ok and the startin of my icons is for All Users.
i have many users to use shortcuts they copy it on her computers, i want when they start icons, the path of start in change with the current user.

can i do that please?

MSG · 9th December 2011, 09:32

"I want to create a shortcut for all users, but the working directory of the shortcut must be different for each user."

Is that what you mean? If so, then you need to put an environment variable in the working directory, such as "%LOCALAPPDATA%\YourApp\WorkDir". I'm not sure if this is possible using standard NSIS commands, as the workdir is set through SetOutPath, and it might convert the variable to a path. Try it.

hanenjom · 9th December 2011, 12:43

I try the $APPDATA and it's don't work

.

I create my exe in a server and i have many users, they copy the shortcuts, I want to have for each user his path in the start in.

for example my Startin in the server is "\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs" , and I want If XY copy the shortcut in his computer he will have startin: "\Documents and Settings\XY\Start Menu\Programs".

Thx.

MSG · 10th December 2011, 06:06

You should not use an NSIS variable like $APPDATA. You should use an environment variable, such as %APPDATA%.

But again, I'm not sure if this is possible in the 'normal' NSIS way. Try it:
SetOutPath "%APPDATA%\YourApp\Workdir"

hanenjom · 12th December 2011, 08:12

thx for your answer,

but how can I get the value of %APPDATA% for each user when he copy the icons in his work directory?

i search and i can't have a solution for that

can you help me please.
Thx.

MSG · 12th December 2011, 08:18

You should NOT get the value, that's the whole point. You need to leave it as the exact string, "%APPDATA%", so that Windows can determine it by itself when the shortcut is executed.

hanenjom · 12th December 2011, 12:48

Thx for your help, it's working, just i have a last problem i use two os xp and seven and I can't use the some path for both.

For Xp I use "%USERPROFILE%\start Menu \programs"

For Seven I use "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\programs"

How can I have the path for both?

Can you help me please.
Thx

MSG · 12th December 2011, 13:30

Please do not set Start Menu as the working folder........

hanenjom · 12th December 2011, 14:46

why I don 't do that ? it poses a problem to do it ?

MSG · 12th December 2011, 16:07

You don't want your application to store files in the start menu, do you?

hanenjom · 12th December 2011, 16:14

is not a problem for my application to do that.

Anders · 12th December 2011, 17:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by hanenjom

is not a problem for my application to do that.

Yes it is a problem, you cannot let the user store files in the start menu.

If your application depends on the working dir then set it to the required folder, if not, set it to $windir, $instdir or something like that.

MSG · 12th December 2011, 18:54

There is one case where it wouldn't be a problem if you set the working dir to the start menu: If the application only creates start menu shortcuts.

For anything else, it is indeed a problem. You should not store normal files in the start menu.

hanenjom · 13th December 2011, 09:44

thx for your answers ans explications, I will change it .

9th December 2011, 08:50	#1
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	modify path startIn Icons Hi, can you help me please, I want to do an install of .exe, the installation wil be ok and the startin of my icons is for All Users. i have many users to use shortcuts they copy it on her computers, i want when they start icons, the path of start in change with the current user. can i do that please?

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9th December 2011, 09:32	#2
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,839	"I want to create a shortcut for all users, but the working directory of the shortcut must be different for each user." Is that what you mean? If so, then you need to put an environment variable in the working directory, such as "%LOCALAPPDATA%\YourApp\WorkDir". I'm not sure if this is possible using standard NSIS commands, as the workdir is set through SetOutPath, and it might convert the variable to a path. Try it.

9th December 2011, 12:43	#3
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	I try the $APPDATA and it's don't work . I create my exe in a server and i have many users, they copy the shortcuts, I want to have for each user his path in the start in. for example my Startin in the server is "\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs" , and I want If XY copy the shortcut in his computer he will have startin: "\Documents and Settings\XY\Start Menu\Programs". Thx.

10th December 2011, 06:06	#4
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,839	You should not use an NSIS variable like $APPDATA. You should use an environment variable, such as %APPDATA%. But again, I'm not sure if this is possible in the 'normal' NSIS way. Try it: SetOutPath "%APPDATA%\YourApp\Workdir"

12th December 2011, 08:12	#5
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	thx for your answer, but how can I get the value of %APPDATA% for each user when he copy the icons in his work directory? i search and i can't have a solution for that can you help me please. Thx.

12th December 2011, 08:18	#6
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,839	You should NOT get the value, that's the whole point. You need to leave it as the exact string, "%APPDATA%", so that Windows can determine it by itself when the shortcut is executed.

12th December 2011, 12:48	#7
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	Thx for your help, it's working, just i have a last problem i use two os xp and seven and I can't use the some path for both. For Xp I use "%USERPROFILE%\start Menu \programs" For Seven I use "%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\programs" How can I have the path for both? Can you help me please. Thx

12th December 2011, 13:30	#8
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,839	Please do not set Start Menu as the working folder........

12th December 2011, 14:46	#9
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	why I don 't do that ? it poses a problem to do it ?

12th December 2011, 16:07	#10
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,839	You don't want your application to store files in the start menu, do you?

12th December 2011, 16:14	#11
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	is not a problem for my application to do that.

12th December 2011, 18:54	#13
MSG Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,839	There is one case where it wouldn't be a problem if you set the working dir to the start menu: If the application only creates start menu shortcuts. For anything else, it is indeed a problem. You should not store normal files in the start menu.

13th December 2011, 09:44	#14
hanenjom Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 56	thx for your answers ans explications, I will change it .