ChristosM Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Hi guys, I deployed Scratch v1.2.1 msi file using SCCM and worked however, I am missing the desktop shortcut. The only way to get to it is by navigating to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Scratch Desktop" Any ideas?
Arthur Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Any ideas? There should be a shortcut to Scratch Desktop on the Start Menu.
ChristosM Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Yes there is however, primary school children sometimes struggle. Would me a lot more convenient having a shortcut on the desktop.
Arthur Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) Yes there is however, primary school children sometimes struggle. Would me a lot more convenient having a shortcut on the desktop. I will add an option to create a desktop shortcut the next time I update the Scratch Desktop MSI. In the interim you may be able to use Group Policy Preferences to create a shortcut. Edit. @Arcath's MSI can create a desktop shortcut... www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/202686-could-someone-create-msi-installer-new-scratch3-desktop-please.html#post1746180 Edited March 20, 2019 by Arthur 1
ChristosM Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 Sounds good, let me know please when it is ready. I tried that but it doesn't seem to work. I tried to manually create a shortcut in the installation folder and that brings up a pop-up saying "Windows can't create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?" I am not sure if this somehow prevents the GPO from creating a shortcut.
mansin Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 I have also created an MSI today. For our specific needs, we take out the Desktop shortcut and add file type associciation for older version of Scratch i.e. sb, sb2, sb3 If anyone wants to try it out, let me know. Manny 1
Arthur Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 and add file type associciation for older version of Scratch i.e. sb, sb2, sb3 Do the Scratch projects actually open in Scratch when a user double-clicks the files?
mansin Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Can you post a download link for us? Here you go: https://mega.nz/#!BJkEVIZI!qlwegXAs7PPFeN9s1t096inwaLXtJT9Qq4ZNt3uTzbk - - - Updated - - - Do the Scratch projects actually open in Scratch when a user double-clicks the files? They do, if the correct file associations are in place, as as with our package. 1
ZLounds Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 Hi I was wondering if someone could help with the file association of .sb3 it doesn't default to scratch desktop. I've tried pulling the app associations and I can't find a single line for .sb3 If someone could help that be great. cheers.
mullet_man Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 Does anyone have a link to the latest version? Doing some reimaging and would like to deploy the very latest version.
SimpleSi Posted July 26, 2019 Author Posted July 26, 2019 I didn't realise it had been updated by Scratch team but I see it was on 26th June and is now at version 3.4.0. Hopefully @Arthur / @mansin could provide an updated msi 1
mullet_man Posted July 26, 2019 Posted July 26, 2019 I didn't realise it had been updated by Scratch team but I see it was on 26th June and is now at version 3.4.0. Hopefully @Arthur / @mansin could provide an updated msi I'd be very grateful for one, planning on deploying this out over the summer. Thanks!
mullet_man Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 I've just downloaded the latest installer 3.5.0 and it looks like they've finally added a All Users option in the installer. 3.4.0 didn't have this. It looks like the /allusers switch works, but can't seem to find a silent one, tried /S /Silent Anyone have any ideas?
AJWhite1970 Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Is v3 still effectively a portable app? All previous versions have been able to install on an admin pc and then copy the installed folder to multiple pc’s or run as a server app on a shared folder as it doesn’t write anything to the registry or any other folder....
mullet_man Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 Is v3 still effectively a portable app? All previous versions have been able to install on an admin pc and then copy the installed folder to multiple pc’s or run as a server app on a shared folder as it doesn’t write anything to the registry or any other folder....I suspect it is but haven't tested, am going to install via sccm using the new version.
AJWhite1970 Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 Ok so to answer my own question, yes it is still portable. Download Scratch Desktop Setup 3.5.0 Extract exe using 7zip Open $PLUGINSDIR folder and extract app-32.7z file The resulting folder is the portable version of scratch 3.5. Copy and rename that folder to anywhere you like (local or server share) and run Scratch Desktop.exe Job done 1
LazyD Posted August 10, 2019 Posted August 10, 2019 Do you still have this error on-going? Those machines that suffered this, graphics drivers installed properly?
SimpleSi Posted September 8, 2019 Author Posted September 8, 2019 JFI I've just noticed that v3.5 installs into c:\program files(x86)\Scratch Desktop rather than AppData/Local....
rascalhole Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 Can I ask what you use to create the msi's ? for installers that use an exe to bootstrap an MSI, you can right click the .exe and use 7z to extract one. I'll admit, I have not tried with scratch in any form, so you might just get third party installation systems
MrSoapsud Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) No idea if this is a new improvement but just started looking at the current iteration of Scratch Desktop after realising Scratch 2 was a bit old and needed Air! Anyway, after some of the comments on here and looking at the uninstall string in the registry I discovered that, for version 3.6.0: "Scratch Desktop Setup 3.6.0.exe" /allusers /S does what we all long for! HTH Martin Edited September 17, 2019 by MrSoapsud Formatting? 4
rascalhole Posted October 1, 2019 Posted October 1, 2019 Hi I was wondering if someone could help with the file association of .sb3 it doesn't default to scratch desktop. I've tried pulling the app associations and I can't find a single line for .sb3 If someone could help that be great. cheers. you can set default associations with a group policy, on our computers though scratch will still not open projects with a double click, I'm going to update it and see if that is something that was fixed in an update
speckledegg Posted October 2, 2019 Posted October 2, 2019 you can set default associations with a group policy, on our computers though scratch will still not open projects with a double click, I'm going to update it and see if that is something that was fixed in an updateThis is something I'm curious about too as we've observed the same issue, saves a nice chunk of time in class when it works!
Arthur Posted October 2, 2019 Posted October 2, 2019 on our computers though scratch will still not open projects with a double click This is something I'm curious about too as we've observed the same issue, saves a nice chunk of time in class when it works! The file association feature hasn't been implemented yet. https://github.com/LLK/scratch-desktop/issues/32 This was also one of the reasons I didn't add the file associations to my MSI earlier in this thread. 1
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