nsis: How do I create a start menu shortcut to open a folder?

Question

My NSIS installer creates Start Menu links to run and uninstall my application.

Using NSIS, how do I create StartMenu shortcut to open a folder in Windows Explorer?

Answer 1

the same as any other shortcut

CreateShortcut "$smprograms\my app\my shortcut.lnk" "c:\path\to\folder"

this is explorer 99% of the time, and its really what you want, but if you want to force explorer

CreateShortcut "$smprograms\my app\my shortcut.lnk" "$windir\explorer.exe" '/e,"c:\path\to\folder"'

but that shortcut will have the wrong icon etc