Creating Shortcuts to Folders
InstallShield 2022
Project:This information applies to the following project types:
| • | Basic MSI |
| • | DIM |
| • | InstallScript |
| • | InstallScript MSI |
| • | InstallScript Object |
| • | Merge Module |
| • | MSI Database |
| • | MSM Database |
| • | Transform |
InstallShield lets you create a shortcut to a folder. The method that you use to create a shortcut to a folder depends on the project type that you are using.
Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module, MSI Database, MSM Database, and Transform Projects
The Target setting of a shortcut can contain a directory identifier inside square brackets. For example, to create a shortcut to INSTALLDIR, create a shortcut with the following settings:
| • | Display Name: Shortcut to INSTALLDIR |
| • | Advertised: No |
| • | Target: [INSTALLDIR] |
InstallScript and InstallScript Object Projects
The AddFolderIcon function creates a shortcut to a folder if you pass the path to the folder in the third (szCommandLine) parameter.
For example, this code creates a shortcut to the Common Files folder in the end user’s Program Files folder:
ProgDefGroupType(COMMON)
szFolder = TARGETDIR;
LongPathToQuote(szFolder, TRUE);
AddFolderIcon(
ProgramMenuFolder, // where shortcut will appear
"Shortcut to TARGETDIR", // shortcut display name
szFolder, // what shortcut launches
""// working directory
TARGETDIR ^ "Sample.exe", 0, // icon file, index
"", // shortcut key
NULL); // special settings
InstallScript MSI Project
Use the same basic procedure as in the preceding InstallScript section, changing all occurrences of TARGETDIR to INSTALLDIR in the example code.