I develop an installer of library of COM objects using NSIS (Nullsoft installer) v2.0. The installer creates some shortcuts to documentation and folders of samples. On Windows 8, everything goes into the flat list in the tiles matrix of Metro UI. Moreover, only shortcuts to .exe files of samples appear in the list (no documents, no documentation, no links to Visual Studio solutions, etc).
Is it possible to fix this without rebuilding the installer from scratch? I would like to make the installer create a single tile with the name of my product, and clicking that tile should display the tiles of samples’ folders, documentation, etc. Just like it occurs with folders of links in Start menu of Windows 7 and XP.
The metro style doesn’t allow for layered navigation using metro tiles. What you will need to do instead is pin your main folder/application to the start menu so that your main folder opens on the desktop. This will probably require a rewrite of your installer.