During its lifetime, MyApp creates extra shortcuts to Userappdata,
MyAppGroupName\MyAppShortcut#2
MyAppGroupName\MyAppShortcut#3
...
yet as Inno Setup requires elevation because of registry Association edits the original {Group} item is inserted in a different (commonstartmenu) directory:
MyAppGroupName\MyAppShortcutAtInstallation
Very happy with the {Group} flavour in the install so
DisableProgramGroupPage=yes
is not an option at this stage. Else creating paths in Dirs like
{Userappdata}\MyAppGroupName
doesn't appear to function in the current script:
...
OutputBaseFilename=setup
Compression=lzma
SolidCompression=yes
ChangesAssociations = yes
[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
Name: "quicklaunchicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateQuickLaunchIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked; OnlyBelowVersion: 0,6.1
[Files]
; (Note: Scroll to the right to see the full lines!)
Source: "Test.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
[Icons]
Name: "{commondesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon
Name: "{group}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
[Registry]
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Auth/MyApp"; Flags: uninsdeletekey
Root: HKCU; Subkey: "Software\Auth\MyApp"; ValueType: string; ValueName: "Name"; ValueData: "{app}";
;Association
Root: HKCR; Subkey: ".XXX";ValueData: "{#MyAppName}";Flags: uninsdeletevalue; ValueType: string; ValueName: ""
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "{#MyAppName}";ValueData: "Program {#MyAppName}"; Flags: uninsdeletekey; ValueType: string; ValueName: ""
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "{#MyAppName}\DefaultIcon";ValueData: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName},0";ValueType: string; ValueName: ""
Root: HKCR; Subkey: "{#MyAppName}\shell\open\command";ValueData: """{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"" ""%1""";ValueType: string;ValueName: ""
[Run]
Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,{#StringChange(MyAppName, '&', '&&')}}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
[Languages]
Name: "english"; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
Name: en; MessagesFile: "compiler:Default.isl"
Name: deu; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\German.isl"
Name: es; MessagesFile: "compiler:Languages\Spanish.isl"
[Dirs]
Name: "{userstartmenu}\{userstartmenu}\{#MyAppName}"
[UninstallDelete]
Type: files; Name: "{#MyAppName}.chw"
Is there any known method of pointing {Group} to {Userappdata} in an elevated scenario? Or any other helpers e.g. here?
If I understand your question correctly you are looking for a combination of {userprograms} and {groupname}:
[Icons]
Name: "{userprograms}\{groupname}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"
Though note that: