# Is there a way to disable start menu shortcuts when using the CPack NSIS generator?

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-start-menu-shortcuts-when-using-the-cpack-nsis-generator/5006
**Category:** Code
**Tags:** os:windows, cpack:nsis
**Created:** [February 14, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-start-menu-shortcuts-when-using-the-cpack-nsis-generator/5006 "2022-02-14T20:55:25Z")
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### Author: ![Username404-59](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/username404-59/32/2181_2.png) [@Username404-59](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Username404-59)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-start-menu-shortcuts-when-using-the-cpack-nsis-generator/5006/1 "2022-02-14T20:55:25Z")

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The description of CPACK\_PACKAGE\_EXECUTABLES says:

> Lists each of the executables and associated text label to be used to create Start Menu shortcuts. For example, setting this to the list `ccmake;CMake` will create a shortcut named “CMake” that will execute the installed executable `ccmake` . Not all CPack generators use it (at least NSIS, and WIX do).

So I have tried to make it empty but this doesn’t seem to change anything…  
Any ideas?