User-selectable shortcuts: Features

[Ulrich]

User-selectable shortcuts using features in the packages dialog

If you wish to allow that the end user selects where he wishes to create shortcuts for your application deployed with Setup Factory instead of locking them down in the installer, then can use features for this, and some custom scripting:

Download location and further info

MindQuake

[twizt3dkitty]

Got the custom page to work great, the problem I had was when the uninstaller was run, the shortcuts created with your page were not uninstalled. Any ideas?

[Ulrich]

This is written on the download page:

Remember that all shortcuts created manually with scripting must also be removed manually with scripting: Include proper removal commands into the On Post Uninstall script of the Uninstaller.

Ulrich

[twizt3dkitty]

Last question in code such as follows

  if 1==1 then 
    local iconfolder = Shell.GetFolder(SHF_STARTMENUPROGRAMS);
    Shell.DeleteShortcut(iconfolder .. SessionVar.Expand("\\%AppShortcutFolderName%"),
        SessionVar.Expand("myapp"), SessionVar.Expand("%AppFolder%\\myapp.exe"),
        "", "", "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "");
  end

That will delete the program from startmenu\programs\myapp\

how do i delete the folder itself?

I tried

  if 1==1 then 
    local iconfolder = Shell.GetFolder(SHF_STARTMENUPROGRAMS);
    SessionVar.remove(iconfolder .. "\\%AppShortcutFolderName%",
        "", "", "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "");
  end

that just returned a null value.

[Ulrich]

If you created a shortcut with Shell.CreateShortcut(), you would delete it with Shell.DeleteShortcut(). If you want to delete a folder, use Folder.Delete() or Folder.DeleteTree().

SessionVar.Remove() deletes (undefines) a Session Variable, as the documentation explains - it does not change the object it points to.

Ulrich

[twizt3dkitty]

tried

local iconfolder = Shell.GetFolder(SHF_STARTMENUPROGRAMS);
    Folder.Delete("iconfolder", nil);

still not working, also tried without "" and such,

I run

Folder.DeleteTree("%ProgramFiles%\%ProductName%", nil);
Folder.DeleteTree("%ProgramFilesFolder%\%ProductNa me%", nil);
Folder.DeleteTree("%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\%ProductNam e%", nil);

at start and these all work, does anyone know a logical value for startmenuprograms? I cant seem to get iconfolder to delete or get rid of my start menu folder on uninstall.

[Ulrich]

Why would you like to delete the Programs folder in the user's Start menu? This does not make sense. Most likely, you want only to delete shortcuts you created there, or any sub folder you created instead of the Program folder and all the contents.

If you want to use a Session Variable, you need to expand it. And backslashes need to be escaped and written as "\\".

If you don't want to control the deletion of the shortcuts you created via script, you can add them to the list of items to be processed by the uninstaller, via UninstallData.AddItem(). I find the use deletion of item created via script in the On Pre Uninstall (or On Post Uninstall) simpler to write, but using UninstallData would have a a similar effect.

Ulrich

[twizt3dkitty]

actually you just pointed out an error i was making, i dont want to delete the progams folder, but the subfolder my app makes in programs

so im doing

Folder.Delete("iconfolder\\%AppShortcutFolderName% ", nil);

[twizt3dkitty]

actually you just pointed out an error i was making, i dont want to delete the progams folder, but the subfolder my app makes in programs

so im doing

Folder.Delete("iconfolder\\%AppShortcutFolderName% ", nil);

yea that didnt work, also tried

local iconfolder = Shell.GetFolder(SHF_STARTMENUPROGRAMS);
Folder.Delete(iconfolder .. SessionVar.Expand("\\%AppShortcutFolderName%"), "", "", "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "");

still not working, what exactly am I doing to delete the folder itself, I understand expanding the shortcuts themselves, but do not understand how o delete the folder itself.

[twizt3dkitty]

yea that didnt work, also tried

local iconfolder = Shell.GetFolder(SHF_STARTMENUPROGRAMS);
Folder.Delete(iconfolder .. SessionVar.Expand("\\%AppShortcutFolderName%"), "", "", "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "");

still not working, what exactly am I doing to delete the folder itself, I understand expanding the shortcuts themselves, but do not understand how o delete the folder itself.

cant for the life of me figure out why I cant edit my own posts, but the last thing i posted did work, I ended up forgetting to recompile after making the changes.

local iconfolder = Shell.GetFolder(SHF_STARTMENUPROGRAMS);
Folder.Delete(iconfolder .. SessionVar.Expand("\\%AppShortcutFolderName%"), "", "", "", 0, SW_SHOWNORMAL, nil, "");