Sendto shortcuts

[patzer]

Have been toying around with the demo of Setup factory, the only experience I had with analogous programs is Installshield Express. SF wins hands down regarding ease of use but the non-usage of Windows Installer seems to make some things difficult to implement. My main problem for the moment is how to create "send to" shortcuts for systems with multiple users. There is no variable for "send "to" folder (or at least my limited experience with this soft did not allow me to trace an easy wwaay to create those shortcuts for all users, while with IS Express it's almost trivial. Which is the easiest way to create those shortcuts (mainly interested for NT/2K/XP environment, in which those shortcuts are in the Documents and settings folder), I think I can manage it under 9X/ME... but any input welcome.Do I miss something obvious?

[Lorne]

You could try to read the path into a custom variable from the Registry.

In Windows 2000, a (non-user-specific?) path to the SendTo folder is stored in the "SendTo" value in this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

A SendTo value for the current user (that uses the %USERPROFILE% Windows environment variable in the path) can be found in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

The SendTo path for the default user profile can be found in:

\HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

Of course, you could always set up a shell extension in the Registry instead, i.e., using HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell. http://www.indigorose.com/ubb/images/icons/smile.gif

[Lorne]

BTW...advanced things will be a lot easier to do in Setup Factory 6.0.

Keep an eye on our web site as 6.0 is quickly approaching beta. http://www.indigorose.com/ubb/images/icons/smile.gif




[This message has been edited by Lorne (edited 10-09-2001).]

[patzer]

Thank you very much!