hi all,
I'm using inno setup to install my program. when installed, the shortcuts in the program group and on the desktop bring up an error message:
"Program has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience".
when I create the shortcuts manually, everything works just fine. any idea what could be wrong?
thanks a lot
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aha, that sounds like what I'm looking for. could you be more specific about adding "WorkingDir: {app}" to my [Icons] entries?
I have:
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\Program"; Filename: "{app}\Program.exe"
Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProg
Name: "{userdesktop}\Program"; Filename: "{app}\Program.exe"; Tasks: desktopicon
where to add it?
thanks a lot
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by: mirtheilPosted on 2009-08-06 at 08:05:49ID: 25034275
Check the WorkingDir parameter on your [Icon] entry. Here's the entry on the FAQ:
My application can't find any of its files when it is started from the shortcut created by Setup. It works fine when I double-click the application's EXE in Explorer.
Your application is most likely not specifying pathnames on the files it is trying to open, so it is expecting to find them in the current directory. Inno Setup by default does not set the "Start In" field on shortcuts its creates; this causes Windows to pick a directory itself, which usually won't be the directory containing your application.
In virtually all cases, this is something that should be corrected at the application level. Properly designed GUI applications should not expect to be started from a particular directory; they should always specify full pathnames on files they open. In Delphi or C++Builder, for example, it's possible to get the full pathname of the directory containing the application EXE by calling: ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0
If for some reason you cannot fix this at the application level, you can tell Inno Setup to set the "Start In" field by adding "WorkingDir: {app}" to your [Icons] entries.