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[misirion]

Hello,
I need to realize a special shortcut for my application. It should be like:

KEY\bin\gwx.exe myfile -runtime

...where KEY is the path of a program (already installed) that is written in a key of the registry.
I tried to read this key creating a record in the RegLocator  table, but now I can't understand how to format the string for that shortcut...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much
Misirion

[rmadassery77]

Hi there,

Even if you so a search and get the Reg key in a property, the shortcut table wont allow you to enter a property.

So, you could go for a CA which will create a .lnk file as desired. Since the target is read from a reg key, I suppose you arent installing it.So your shortcut will be non advertised.

Add the CA after the CreateShortcuts Sequence. I hope this helps !

[dbareis]

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Even if you so a search and get the Reg key in a property, the shortcut table wont allow you to enter a property

The "Target" column (and others) accept formatted data, so I don't think this statement is correct...

Bye,
Dennis

[rmadassery77]

Use the Reglocator to get the path in a property eg. MYKEYPATH.

Then code an VBScript to create an lnk file with the property :

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
DesktopFolder = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")

set FileShortcut = WshShell.CreateShortcut(DesktopFolder & "\My Shortcut.lnk")
FileShortcut.TargetPath = session.Property("MYKEYPATH")
FileShortcut.Description = "My Shortcut"
FileShortcut.WorkingDirectory = DesktopFolder
FileShortcut.Save

Does this help?

[misirion]

Thank you very much, that was great!
At this point... do you know how to let a script start during the unistallation phase, to remove the shortcuts that I entered before?
Thanks again!

[rmadassery77]

Thats simple !!!

Dim fso, f1, path
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
path = session.Property("DesktopFolder")
Set f1 = fso.GetFile(path & "My Shortcut.lnk")
f1.Delete

Call this CA with condition REMOVE~="ALL"