Look at The example of the IndigoPerl installation script, I found they use something like the following code to add shortcuts to the startmenu.

sub MakeShortcut{
use Config;
use Win32::API;
use Win32::Shortcut;
use Win32::Registry;
use strict;
use DSUtil;

    my ($shortcutfoldername, $configUser) = @_;

    my ($key);
    if ($configUser || Win32::IsWin95()) {
        $key = 'HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explore
+r\Shell Folders\Programs';
    } else {
        $key = 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explore
+r\Shell Folders\Common Programs';
    }

    my $folderdir = DS::GetReg($key);
    my $folderpath = "$folderdir\\$shortcutfoldername";
    print "Creating shortcut folder $folderpath\n";
    mkdir ($folderpath, 0777);

    print "Making shortcut Tk Solitaire\n";
    my $LINK=new Win32::Shortcut();
    $LINK->{'Path'}="\\Tk Solitaire\\Tk Solitaire.exe";
    $LINK->{'Arguments'}="";
    $LINK->{'WorkingDirectory'}=\\Tk Solitaire;
    $LINK->{'Description'}="Tk Solitaire";
    $LINK->{'ShowCmd'}=SW_SHOWNORMAL;
    $LINK->Save("$folderpath\\Tk Solitaire.lnk");
    $LINK->Close();
}

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DSUtil (witch is required for the my $folderdir = DS::GetReg($key); line of code) is not a module for ActiveState ActivePerl. Please help me rewite to above code to work with ActiveState ActivePerl.

In reply to Windows Registry by akm2

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