WinRar SFX Custom Start In and Target Paths on Desktop Shortcuts
Saturday, January 19th, 2013WinRar SFX Custom Start In and Target Paths
When creating a self extracting installation wizard using WinRar, you may want to create a shortcut to your program on the user's desktop. Typically, these parameters are specified in the "SFX options…" dialog. In the "Advanced SFX options", click on the "Advanced" tab. Here, you'll see a section called "Shortcuts". If you create a shortcut using the "Add shortcut…" button, WinRAR will typically leave out an important undocumented feature.
If you create a desktop shortcut using the "Add shortcut…" button, make sure you set the "Destination folder" to just a slash "\" (no quotes) or the shortcut on the desktop will have the following properties:
Target: "D:\Install Directory\YourProgram.exe" Start in:
Notice, there is no "Start in:" path. To fix this, you need to add a "\" to the desktop shortcut parameters manually like so:
D, yourProgramsName.exe, \, "Shortcut Description", "Shortcut name",
Or, make sure you place a "\" (no quotes) for the "Destination folder" in the add shortcut helper.
This problem only affects desktop shortcuts and can be fixed by adding a "\" to the parameters for each desktop shortcut after the program's name.