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<h1>create_windows_links</h1>

<p>
Installation script for the eric IDE and all eric related tools.
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<h3>Global Attributes</h3>

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<tr><td>None</td></tr>
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<h3>Classes</h3>

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<tr><td>None</td></tr>
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<h3>Functions</h3>

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<td><a href="#createWindowsShortcut">createWindowsShortcut</a></td>
<td>Create Windows shortcut.</td>
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<td><a href="#getWinregEntry">getWinregEntry</a></td>
<td>Function to get an entry from the Windows Registry.</td>
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<td><a href="#main">main</a></td>
<td>Create Desktop and Start Menu links.</td>
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<td><a href="#windowsDesktopEntries">windowsDesktopEntries</a></td>
<td>Function to generate data for the Windows Desktop links.</td>
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<td><a href="#windowsDesktopNames">windowsDesktopNames</a></td>
<td>Function to generate the link names for the Windows Desktop.</td>
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<td><a href="#windowsProgramsEntry">windowsProgramsEntry</a></td>
<td>Function to generate the name of the Start Menu top entry.</td>
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<h2>createWindowsShortcut</h2>
<b>createWindowsShortcut</b>(<i>linkPath, targetPath, iconPath</i>)

<p>
    Create Windows shortcut.
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<dt><i>linkPath</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
path of the shortcut file
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<dt><i>targetPath</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
path the shortcut shall point to
</dd>
<dt><i>iconPath</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
path of the icon file
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<h2>getWinregEntry</h2>
<b>getWinregEntry</b>(<i>name, path</i>)

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    Function to get an entry from the Windows Registry.
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<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
variable name
</dd>
<dt><i>path</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
registry path of the variable
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<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
value of requested registry variable
</dd>
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<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
any
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<h2>main</h2>
<b>main</b>(<i>argv</i>)

<p>
    Create Desktop and Start Menu links.
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<dt><i>argv</i> (list of str)</dt>
<dd>
list of command line arguments
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<h2>windowsDesktopEntries</h2>
<b>windowsDesktopEntries</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
    Function to generate data for the Windows Desktop links.
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<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of tuples containing the desktop link name,
        the link target and the icon target
</dd>
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<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of tuples of (str, str, str)
</dd>
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<h2>windowsDesktopNames</h2>
<b>windowsDesktopNames</b>(<i></i>)

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    Function to generate the link names for the Windows Desktop.
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<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
list of desktop link names
</dd>
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<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
list of str
</dd>
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<h2>windowsProgramsEntry</h2>
<b>windowsProgramsEntry</b>(<i></i>)

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    Function to generate the name of the Start Menu top entry.
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<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
name of the Start Menu top entry
</dd>
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<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
str
</dd>
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