On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ben Medina <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > We're using NSIS via CPack for our Windows installer. One thing we'd > like to change is the "Start in" directory for Windows Start menu > shortcuts. Currently, it appears to default to the installation > directory, but that's not very useful: users aren't going to be saving > files underneath C:\Program Files\MyApp. Is it possible to change the > start in directory? > > Thanks, > Ben > -- > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
You could customize the NSIS template to write your own NSIS CreateShortCut calls. There's more info on customizing the NSIS template in the mailing list archive. If you have trouble finding it, let me know, and I'll dig up a pointer. The docs for CreateShortCut are here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.3.4 The docs say "$OUTDIR is used for the working directory. You can change it by using SetOutPath before creating the Shortcut." I'm assuming that's what the working directory will be for the shortcut. (If I'm reading the docs correctly...) Of course, if I were going to do such a thing, I'd also save/restore the value of $OUTDIR across the CreateShortCut operations because I have no idea what else in NSIS depends on that value in a hidden way like this... Or..... you could simply write your app to ignore the "start in" directory, and present things like file open and save dialogs pointing to the user's home directory to start with, like most document based apps do. HTH, David -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
