Question

I have an nsis installer script for the application im working on and it can place a shortcut on the desktop and in the start menu folder but each shortcut has the wrong start in path and as such the app saves data files to where the short cut is.

Is there an easy way to change the start in path as the documentation was less than helpful on the matter?

Section "Desktop Shortcut" SHORTCUT
    SetOutPath "$DESKTOP"
    CreateShortcut "${FULL_APP_NAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${APP_NAME}.exe" "" "$ICONDIR\${DESKICO}"
SectionEnd

Answer 1

Try this:

Section "Desktop Shortcut" SHORTCUT
     SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"
     CreateShortcut "$DESKTOP\${FULL_APP_NAME}.lnk" "$INSTDIR\${APP_NAME}.exe" "" "$ICONDIR\${DESKICO}"
SectionEnd