[Osgeo4w-trac] Re: [osgeo4w] #52: pkg-apt: handle Start Menu & Desktop links

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#52: pkg-apt: handle Start Menu & Desktop links
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Reporter:  maphew       |        Owner:  maphew   
    Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  assigned 
Priority:  major        |    Component:  Installer
 Version:               |   Resolution:           
Keywords:  apt          |  
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Changes (by maphew):

  * status:  new => assigned

Comment:

 This is the apt correspendent for ticket #21 "support for localized start
 menu".

 One solution is to use `win32com`, but that is a big dependancy to add.
 {{{
 from win32com.shell import shell
 shell.SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0,shellcon.CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU)
 }}}
  -- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2216173/how-to-get-path-of-start-
 menus-programs-directory

 An alternate solution using ctypes was suggested by Luke Pinner of
 Australia, but I don't know yet if it will work on localized systems. Can
 I get some testers to run the attached script?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/52#comment:1>
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