missing ghini.lnk

[mfrasca]

I had removed the bauble.lnk file because it had hard coded paths in it and I forgot to open an issue related to the automatic generation of the corresponding Ghini file. now a new potential user mentions:

I did the installation of ghini.desktop in my linux box and it works well. However I was not able to install it on Windows - giving an an error message linked to the missing ghini.lnk file in the script directory
error: file 'C:\Users\USERNAME\Local\github\Ghini\ghini.desktop\scripts\ghini.lnk' does not exist
I would like to recommend to use the software in the K. University botanical garden, but would be much convenient to have it running on Windows.

[RoDuth]

I had one of my staff say that they would like a database for their home collection yesterday. I said I have just the thing for you, bring your laptop in tomorrow and I'll install it for you.... Well I got all the way through the install on his Windows 10 setup... until the last bit that requires the ghini.lnk file!

Shouldn't I be able to run it from the command line anyway? I can't seem to work out how and I'm worried there may be something else wrong with the install that I missed.

[mfrasca]

you can generate the ˙lnk˙ file easily from the gui. just a shortcut to the vbs script. then set the icon for it and re-run the last failing bit.
I don't know how to do this from a batch script.

[mfrasca]

we can do this from Python, using pypiwin32 (should check the name). it would be a small script, like 10 lines. makes one wonder whether to drop the batch file entirely and do all from Python.

[mfrasca]

sorry it took such a long time. I am back to Europe, and obviously the first thing I did here was to get sick.
I have tested it and it works as advertised.

• download the devinstall.bat file
• run it
• run the devinstall-finalize.bat as administrator
• enjoy ghini from the windows menu

(please reopen if it does not work for you.)