How to create a desktop icon with Inno Setup

Question

I am very new of Inno Setup and I wish to add a Desktop icon to my executable in Inno Setup. The file is stored in

C:\\Users\\PycharmProjects\\GIOTTOconvert         


        

Answer 1

In [Files] section, you install your giotto.ico to the application folder (you may want to install the icon only when the desktopicon task is selected).

In [Icons] section, you create the desktop icon using the installed giotto.ico (when the desktopicon task is selected).

#define SourcePath "C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist"
#define MyAppName "GIOTTO"
#define MyAppExeName "GIOTTO.exe"
#define MyAppIcoName "giotto.ico"

[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; \
    GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked

[Files]
Source: "{#SourcePath}\{#MyAppExeName}"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
Source: "{#SourcePath}\{#MyAppIcoName}"; DestDir: "{app}"

[Icons]
Name: "{userdesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; \
    IconFilename: "{app}\{#MyAppIcoName}"; Tasks: desktopicon

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Though if the executable file (GIOTTO.exe) has the same icon linked into, you do not need to install the icon separately. Just use the icon from the EXE file:

#define SourcePath "C:\Users\PycharmProjects\GIOTTOconverter\dist"
#define MyAppName "GIOTTO"
#define MyAppExeName "GIOTTO.exe"

[Tasks]
Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; \
    GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked

[Files]
Source: "{#SourcePath}\{#MyAppExeName}"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion

[Icons]
Name: "{userdesktop}\{#MyAppName}"; Filename: "{app}\{#MyAppExeName}"; Tasks: desktopicon