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Paul Stearns
Paul Stearns

Reputation: 906

Using NSIS the Uninstaller shortcut does not show up in the Start Menu

Using NSIS I have created an installer, which works well. It is a user privileged installer which installs in %localAppData%\Programs;

StrCpy $INSTDIR `$LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\MyAppFolder

I create an uninstaller which works perfectly from Control Panel, Programs and Features.

I have created an Uninstaller shortcut using;

CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${MUI_PRODUCT}\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe" 0

The ".lnk" file is created in the same place as the application shortcut;

C:\Users\Myuser\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MyAppFolder

If I browse to this folder and double click the uninstaller link it works fine.

The application shortcut is visible in the start menu, however the Uninstaller is not. I have reviewed a few "solutions," but have been unable to resolve the issue. What kinds of issues should I look for?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 784

Answers (1)

Anders
Anders

Reputation: 101606

The Microsoft guidelines say that you should not create shortcuts to uninstallers nor help files.

Starting with Windows 8, Windows hides those pointless shortcuts from the start menu.

Upvotes: 3

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