Windows 10 not showing shortcut on Taskbar

Coder For Food · Postby **Coder For Food** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:57 pm

Hello All,
Using the latest IA installer (both x2 and x3) and OS Win7 and 8.x, I have no problem creating and using a shortcuts to my program on the Start Menu and Start Screen and Taskbar using the below code. However, on Windows 10 the same code only show the shortcut on the Start Menu and Start Screen but not the Taskbar. I tried installing the IA installer itself on Windows 7, 8 and 10 and experienced the same behavior where on Windows 10, the taskbar shortcut is excluded while on 6 and 8.x, it shows up as expected. Is this a Windows 10 issue/change, the way I am implementing or, a bug in IA?

All suggestions welcome and code snip-its (if necessary) welcome.

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Get Common Folder Location Start Menu->Programs Group into SHORTCUTFILES
Install Files C:\Users\PBI\Documents\TestShortcuts\Binn\test.exe to $TARGETDIR$
Create Shortcut $SHORTCUTFILES$\My Shortcut test to $TARGETDIR$\test.exe, Pin to Start Menu, Pin to Taskbar, Pin to Start Screen
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~InstallAware Clipboard Data~
~Comment~
~{7CBFE562-F49A-4F86-81DA-EE30922BDF04}~
~~
~Create Shortcut~
~{E416CC1C-53A4-4112-B3A6-97CCB7960543}~
~$TARGETDIR$\test.exe|FALSE~
~My Shortcut test~
~$SHORTCUTFILES$|FALSE~
~~
~~
~|FALSE~
~|FALSE~
~|~
~0|X78~
~Install Files~
~{C5116797-502B-4220-92C6-DC9D6BA42758}~
~C:\Users\Michael\Documents\Installation Project\TestShortcuts\Binn\test.exe~
~FALSE|~
~$TARGETDIR$~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~FALSE~
~Get Folder Location~
~{04A56B0C-8905-49C4-96F3-30BDBF402784}~
~SHORTCUTFILES~
~14~
~TRUE~

Postby **FrancescoT** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:14 pm

Dear Coder for Food,

I just tried with creating a small project from scratch and I am not able to replicate what you report, about the missing Task-bar shortcut on WIN 10.
The code you posted seems almost correct, however I don't know what your script effectively does.

Do you have any chance to send me a very small project that replicates the issue?

Regards

Coder For Food · Postby **Coder For Food** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:10 pm

I have submitted the attachment multiple times but do not see it posted on this message board in this thread. Are you getting my attachment? If not, I can send to you directly via email or a htp site. Please let me know.

Postby **FrancescoT** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:03 am

No, I haven't received any file.

Anyway, you can send your compressed archive to: support@installaware.com .

Regards

Coder For Food · Postby **Coder For Food** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:44 am

Francesco,
I removed the ".\Release" folder from the IA test project folder, re-zipped and it seemed to upload. Perhaps too big or a security thing.

Anyway, here you go and let me know if you have any questions. Again, seems to work on all flavors of Win7 and 8.x but not Win 10 across different machines and configurations.

Postby **FrancescoT** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:20 pm

just downloaded your file and I'll have a look.

Regards

Postby **FrancescoT** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:03 pm

Dear Coder for Food,

I don't know why you have altered the default script code within the "Define Setup Global - Code Region" (where the Setup Globals get initialized).

Anyway I have restored back the default script logic and running my edited version of your project, shortcuts work as expected on my WIN 10 test machine.

Attached you find my edited version of the project along with the compiled setup package.

Hope this helps you.

Regards

Sean Flook · Postby **Sean Flook** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 2:29 am

I am getting the same problem with my project, so I have download the project from Francesco posted on 11/09/15 and tried that and I am still getting exactly the same results i.e. no shortcut on the taskbar. I am using a windows server 2008 R2 machine to compile the project and then trying to install on a windows 10 PC. I am using InstallAware X3 (Build 9.9.15) to build the project.

I have already hit the issue with limited number shortcuts in the All Apps section of the start menu (http://www.tenforums.com/windows-10-news/12768-windows-10-cant-display-more-than-512-apps-start-menu.html) and was wondering if this is just another instance of this problem or something else?

Postby **FrancescoT** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:23 pm

Dear Sean Flook,

I suggest you to install the latest IA version (X3 20.05). This should fix the problem you are rporting.

NOTE!
A new re-generated license file is required to activate the product.
A full installation is highly recommended.

Regards