NSIS CreateShortCut: Shortcuts order on Start menu

Question

I am using NSIS to create an installer for one of my apps, and I am using this code to create shortcuts on the start menu:

;create start-menu items
  CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\myFolder"
  CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\myFolder\app.lnk" "$INSTDIR\app.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\app.exe" 0
  CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\myFolder\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" 0

It works, but the Uninstaller shortcut on the start menu > myFolder appears before the app.exe shortcut.

Is there a way to control the order of the shortcuts?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '11 at 08:34

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Usually the installation order is ignored, Windows arranges them automatically. In older Windows versions the start menu has a context menu option for ordering them alphabetically, but newer versions order them automatically.

answered Feb 24 '11 at 08:34

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '11 at 14:35

here is the CreateShorCut usage

CreateShorCut link.lnk target.file [parameters [icon.file [icon_index_number [start_options [keyboard_shortcut [description]]]]]]

did you tryed :

CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\myFolder"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\myFolder\app.lnk" "$INSTDIR\app.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\app.exe" 0
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\myFolder\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" 1

NSIS CreateShortCut: Shortcuts order on Start menu

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