Hi Alexey,
|--win-menu-group| works as you described.
I thought that option could be used to place my app in the right Windows
category in the Start Menu.
Is there a way to tell |jpackage| to put my app in the /Entertainment/
category inside the start menu?
Possibly by using a |.wxs| file?
Il 27/10/2025 18:19, Alexey Semenyuk ha scritto:
Hi Davide,
--win-menu-group option controls a subdirectory in Windows Start Menu
directory where to install links to application launchers.
In case of system-wide installation, the full path to the directory
with application launchers is:
%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\<win-menu-group>
In case of per-user installation the full path to the directory with
application launchers is:
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\<win-menu-group>
Say, the value of --win-menu-group is "Entertainment", then in the
standard Windows installation, the directories will be:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Entertainment
C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start
Menu\Programs\Entertainment
There are automated tests to verify that jpackage behaves as described
above. They are part of the JDK build. I also ran manual testing and
it works as expected.
- Alexey
On 10/23/2025 11:07 AM, Davide Perini wrote:
Hi Alexey,
thanks for the answer.
I'm using the latest from
Temurin (25.0.0+36-LTS)
I have tried the latest 25 from Zulu and same problem.
Thanks
Davide
On 2025-10-23 13:56, Alexey Semenyuk wrote:
Hi Davide,
It looks like a jpackage issue. What version of jpackage do you use?
- Alexey
On 10/23/2025 6:23 AM, Davide Perini wrote:
Hi there,
I'm using Jpackage with a command like this:
jpackage -i target --type exe --resource-dir build_tools/wix \
--main-class org.dpsoftware.JavaFXStarter \
--main-jar FireflyLuciferin-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
--icon data/img/java_fast_screen_capture_logo.ico \
--win-menu \
--win-menu-group Entertainment \
--win-shortcut \
--win-shortcut-prompt \
--win-dir-chooser \
--win-upgrade-uuid myid \
--copyright "Davide Perini" \
--name "Firefly Luciferin" \
--vendor DPsoftware \
--app-version "2.0.0" \
--java-options "-XX:+UseZGC -XX:+UseStringDeduplication -Xms64m
-Xmx1024m \
--add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector
--enable-native-access=org.dpsoftware \
--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-native-access=com.sun.jna \
--enable-native-access=javafx.graphics
--enable-native-access=javafx.web \
--enable-native-access=com.fazecast.jSerialComm"
My main.wxs file can be found here:
https://github.com/sblantipodi/build_tools/blob/4f99c29440d27f3ff800d2cf2698f80433bce64c/wix/main.wxs
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It’s the default one generated by jpackage, with a small
modification that adds a checkbox to launch the app after installation.
As you can see, the --win-menu-group is set to "Entertainment",
but on Windows 11 25H2, my app still appears under the "Other"
category in the Start menu.
Is this a jpackage issue?
Thanks
Davide
