Extensions installer - why can't the shortcut be added to Quick start or Start Menu? (1 Viewer)

[emphatic]

The shortcut is weird somehow and I can't click "Add to Quick start" or "Pin to start menu" in Windows7. I've tried both the shortcut on the Desktop as well as the one in the Start Menu Program group for Team MediaPortal.

Please advice/explain.
Emph

 

[LJG]

Ha, yes, this bugs me too. I have a Windows 8 client and I can add to the taskbar on there, but not on my Win 7 machines,

 

[mm1352000]

Comparing the code in the NSIS script, I don't see any difference...

https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/mediaportal/Setup/setup.nsi#L795
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\MediaPortal.lnk" "$MPdir.Base\MediaPortal.exe" "" "$MPdir.Base\MediaPortal.exe" 0 "" "" "MediaPortal"
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\MediaPortal Configuration.lnk" "$MPdir.Base\Configuration.exe" "" "$MPdir.Base\Configuration.exe" 0 "" "" "MediaPortal Configuration"

https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-1/blob/master/mediaportal/Setup/setup.nsi#L711
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\MediaPortal Extension Installer.lnk" "$MPdir.Base\MpeInstaller.exe" "" "$MPdir.Base\MpeInstaller.exe" 0 "" "" "MediaPortal Extension Installer"

 

[emphatic]

Sorry, I don't understand what that means.

Emph

 

[powermarcel10]

I am wondering this too for a long time!

 

[mm1352000]

Sorry, I don't understand what that means.

My point was that the code that creates the shortcuts for MediaPortal and MediaPortal Configuration is almost identical to the code that creates the shortcuts for the MPEI. There seems to be no functional difference. So, if you're saying that only the MPEI link is a problem then my guess is that the problem is related to your Windows setup/configuration rather than MediaPortal code.

 

[LJG]

I may have just solved this, I found this forum thread:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...rogram-or-shortcut-to-taskbar?forum=w7itproui

Which suggests that there is a setting in the registry that forbids certain names from being used in shortcuts and being pinnable to the taskbar.

So, I tried renaming the MPEI shortcut to 'lisa' and now it pins to the taskbar!

 

[emphatic]

So, if the shortcut could be renamed "MediaPortal Extensions Manager" instead of "MediaPortal Extensions Installer", than this problem would go away. I just tried renaming it, and it worked.

Emph

 

[Requiem]

Weird, I also wondered about this since my first MP HTPC installation and would probably never have come across this solutiuon. Maybe this should be on JIRA for the next release, easy to fix. @mm1352000