How to create a desktop icon with Inno Setup
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In [Files]
section, you install your giotto.ico
to the application folder (you may want to install the icon only when the desktopicon
task is selected).
In [Icons]
section, you create the desktop icon using the installed giotto.ico
(when the desktopicon
task is selected).
#define SourcePath "C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist"
#define MyAppName "GIOTTO"
#define MyAppExeName "GIOTTO.exe"
#define MyAppIcoName "giotto.ico"
[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; \
GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
[Files]
Source: "{#SourcePath}\{#MyAppExeName}"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: "{#SourcePath}\{#MyAppIcoName}"; DestDir: "{app}"
[Icons]
Name: "{userdesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; \
IconFilename: "{app}\{#MyAppIcoName}"; Tasks: desktopicon
Though if the executable file (GIOTTO.exe
) has the same icon linked into, you do not need to install the icon separately. Just use the icon from the EXE file:
#define SourcePath "C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist"
#define MyAppName "GIOTTO"
#define MyAppExeName "GIOTTO.exe"
[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; \
GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
[Files]
Source: "{#SourcePath}\{#MyAppExeName}"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
[Icons]
Name: "{userdesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; \
Tasks: desktopicon
Author by
Gianni Spear
Updated on May 12, 2021Comments
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Gianni Spear almost 3 years
I am very new of Inno Setup and I wish to add a Desktop icon to my executable in Inno Setup. The file is stored in
C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist\giotto.ico
I tried to follow several examples but without results.
; Script generated by the Inno Setup Script Wizard. ; SEE THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS ON CREATING INNO SETUP SCRIPT FILES! #define MyAppName "GIOTTO" #define MyAppVersion "1.0" #define MyAppExeName "GIOTTO.exe" [Setup] ; NOTE: The value of AppId uniquely identifies this application. ; Do not use the same AppId value in installers for other applications. ; (To generate a new GUID, click Tools | Generate GUID inside the IDE.) AppId={{48A8A469-1711-46FD-AC87-1596EF57C123} AppName={#MyAppName} AppVersion={#MyAppVersion} ;AppVerName={#MyAppName} {#MyAppVersion} DefaultDirName={pf}\{#MyAppName} DefaultGroupName={#MyAppName} AllowNoIcons=yes OutputBaseFilename=GiottoSetup SetupIconFile=C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist\giotto.ico Compression=lzma SolidCompression=yes [Languages] Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl" Name: "french"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\French.isl" Name: "italian"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\Italian.isl" Name: "spanish"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\Spanish.isl" [Tasks] Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked Name: "quicklaunchicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateQuickLaunchIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked; OnlyBelowVersion: 0,6.1 [Files] Source: "C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist\GIOTTO.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion Source: "C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist\*"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs ; NOTE: Don't use "Flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files [Icons] Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}" Name: "{group}\{cm:UninstallProgram,{#MyAppName}}"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}" Name: "{commondesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon Name: "{userappdata}\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: quicklaunchicon [Run] Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,{#StringChange(MyAppName, '&', '&&')}}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
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Marc.2377 over 2 yearsIf anyone wants the "Create Desktop Shortcut" to be checked by default, just remove
Flags: unchecked
from the CreateDesktopIcon section.