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marksidell
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Different icon for windows 7
Is there some way to install my app (a simple exe) so that different taskbar and shortcut icons is used when the app is installed on Windows 7 or later?
Re: Different icon for windows 7
Hi and welcome to Advanced Installer forums.
Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.
I'm afraid we don't have predefined support for this, but as a workaround you can follow the steps below:
- go in the Files and Folders page
- use the [Shortcut to] toolbar button and create two "External File" shortcuts for the file you want (one for Windows 7 and later and one for the others)
- in the "New Shortcut" dialog choose a name for your shortcut (unfortunately you have to choose a different name for each shortcut, i.e. "Shortcut XP" and "Shortcut 7")
- in the same dialog choose the same "Shortcut Target" for both shortcuts (i.e. [APPDIR]My file.exe)
- use the [...] button and choose a different icon for each shortcut
- go in the Organization page and find the component that contains your shortcuts
- unfortunately a shortcut cannot have its own component, so you have to create 2 components containing a dummy resource (i.e. a registry or a file) and move each shortcut in a different component
- select the component that contain the "Shortcut XP" shortcut and in the "Condition" text field write: VersionNT < 601 (in this case this component will be installed for all Operating Systems earlier that Windows 7, including Windows Server 2003 and 2008)
- select the component that contain the "Shortcut 7" shortcut and in the "Condition" text field write: VersionNT >= 601 (in this case this component will be installed for Windows 7 and later, including Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012)
- build and run the project
Let us know if this helped, otherwise give us more details about your scenario.
Best regards,
Eusebiu
Thank you for your interest in Advanced Installer.
I'm afraid we don't have predefined support for this, but as a workaround you can follow the steps below:
- go in the Files and Folders page
- use the [Shortcut to] toolbar button and create two "External File" shortcuts for the file you want (one for Windows 7 and later and one for the others)
- in the "New Shortcut" dialog choose a name for your shortcut (unfortunately you have to choose a different name for each shortcut, i.e. "Shortcut XP" and "Shortcut 7")
- in the same dialog choose the same "Shortcut Target" for both shortcuts (i.e. [APPDIR]My file.exe)
- use the [...] button and choose a different icon for each shortcut
- go in the Organization page and find the component that contains your shortcuts
- unfortunately a shortcut cannot have its own component, so you have to create 2 components containing a dummy resource (i.e. a registry or a file) and move each shortcut in a different component
- select the component that contain the "Shortcut XP" shortcut and in the "Condition" text field write: VersionNT < 601 (in this case this component will be installed for all Operating Systems earlier that Windows 7, including Windows Server 2003 and 2008)
- select the component that contain the "Shortcut 7" shortcut and in the "Condition" text field write: VersionNT >= 601 (in this case this component will be installed for Windows 7 and later, including Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012)
- build and run the project
Let us know if this helped, otherwise give us more details about your scenario.
Best regards,
Eusebiu