CreateShortcut

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Newbie here - I am trying to create a shortcut that opens a command window in the application folder.

My approach was to create an On Post Install action as so:

Shell.CreateShortcut(SessionVar.Expand("%AppShortc utFolderName%"), "Command Window", _WindowsFolder.."\\system32\\cmd.exe", "", SessionVar.Expand("%AppFolder%"), "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "", START_OPTION_DEFAULT);


Setup log is attached - getting a 2300 error - could not create the folder for the shortcut. Which to me is odd since the log shows the folder being created successfully

Create folder: C:\Users\tlillys\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows \Start Menu\Programs\MINTEQA2\

and shortcuts are added to the folder and show up under Start.
Any help is appreciated.

[Ulrich]

%AppShortcutFolderName% does not hold the path, just the name of the shortcut folder, by default it is %ProductName%, and "MINTEQA2" is not a valid path.
What you are looking for, I believe, I something more like this:

Shell.CreateShortcut(SessionVar.Expand("%StartProgramsFolder%\\%AppShortcutFolderName%"), "Command Window", _WindowsFolder.."\\system32\\cmd.exe", "", SessionVar.Expand("%AppFolder%"), "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "", START_OPTION_DEFAULT);

Ulrich

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Thank you, Ulrich. Appreciate the help.