NSIS - Desktop Shortcut For All Users

Question

How can I create desktop shortcuts for all user while installing a package?

Answer 1

NSIS supports several of the common/shared special folders:

SetShellVarContext all
CreateShortcut "$desktop\myapp.lnk" "$instdir\myapp.exe"

This code assumes you are elevated...

Answer 2

With !include NTProfiles.nsh [1] you can create a shortcut in the folder "${ProfilePathAllUsers}\Desktop".

[1] - http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NT_Profile_Paths