tauri-apps
[feat] an option to not create a start menu folder for nsis installer
Describe the problem
We currently use nsis's built-in start menu shortcut folder picker and put the shortcut in that folder, and most of the times, user will just spam next and resulting app/app.exe in the start menu, it's pretty weird to put a single shortcut inside of a folder for me
And also, I don't think most end users understand what shortcut menu is and that page is always a source of confusion (I didn't know what that is after using Windows for 10 years before I started really learning those things myself at least)
Describe the solution you'd like
Add an option to skip that picker page and just put the shortcut in the start menu without the folder, to be honest, I think it should even be the default
Alternatives considered
Doing it manually with custom template
Additional context
A simple comparison (not produced by tauri's nsis installer, just as a visual reference)
The reason I went with that, is because on newer Win11 (and maybe newer versions of Win10) automatically detects that it only has one shortcut and will display it without a folder, what is your OS version?
I'm on latest Windows 10 19045.4412, to be honest, I'm more about the confusion around it, most people understand desktop shortcuts but not start menu shortcuts, especially it shows you a list of folders and let you pick one...
I guess we can remove the directory and just keep the shortcut.
I think the idea was if a user has multiple apps from the same publisher, they are grouped under one directory, like Riot Games, install their games shortcuts under one directory called Riot Games.
Anyways, I have no preference here, I am fine with both.
I think the idea was if a user has multiple apps from the same publisher, they are grouped under one directory
Yeah, but I think we currently use the product name as that folder name?
Anyways, I have no preference here, I am fine with both.
Cool, I'll make a PR then
I think NSIS did this because you might want to put more shortcuts in that folder, but in our case, we don't