On 05/02/13 05:20, Aaron Elder wrote: > You need to supply the kwargs to cx_freeze.Executable: > shortcutName = "AppName", > shortcutDir = "ProgramMenuFolder"
thanks aaron. hmm, i thought i tried that first up, assuming "ProgramMenuFolder" above is the absolute path name (string) to the menu folder...? but i just kept getting errors from the msi when it reached the "creating shortcuts" stage. well i'll double check i was doing that correctly. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Stephen Gava <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, February 4, 2013 4:31 AM > *Subject:* [cx-freeze-users] bdist_msi question > > hi there, > using cxfreeze i can successfully make an msi that works and installs my > program using a setup.py <http://setup.py/> i've created. > > what i'd like to know is how to get the msi to add a shortcut to my > program somewhere in the windows "All Programs" menu. > > from looking at the cxfreeze docs i guess it could have something to do > with the shortcutName and shortcutDir parameters to > cx_freeze.Executable, but the help there leaves me unclear on exactly > how to use these and microsoft documentation i can track down on "the > MSI Shortcut Table" (as suggested in cxfreeze help) also gives me no > real clue... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > _______________________________________________ > cx-freeze-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cx-freeze-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan > > > > _______________________________________________ > cx-freeze-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cx-freeze-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ cx-freeze-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cx-freeze-users
