function Component()
{
    // default constructor
}

Component.prototype.createOperations = function()
{
    try {
        // call the base create operations function
        component.createOperations();

        if (systemInfo.productType === "windows") {
            try {
                var userProfile = installer.environmentVariable("USERPROFILE");
                installer.setValue("UserProfile", userProfile);
                component.addOperation("CreateShortcut",
                    "@TargetDir@/bin/chat.exe",
                    "@UserProfile@/Desktop/GPT4All.lnk",
                    "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@/bin",
                    "iconPath=@TargetDir@/favicon.ico",
                    "iconId=0", "description=Open GPT4All Chat");
            } catch (e) {
                print("ERROR: creating desktop shortcut" + e);
            }
            component.addOperation("CreateShortcut",
                "@TargetDir@/bin/chat.exe",
                "@StartMenuDir@/GPT4All.lnk",
                "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@/bin",
                "iconPath=@TargetDir@/favicon.ico",
                "iconId=0", "description=Open GPT4All Chat");
        } else if (systemInfo.productType === "osx") {
        } else { // linux
            component.addOperation("CreateDesktopEntry",
                "/usr/share/applications/GPT4AllChat.desktop",
                "Type=Application\nTerminal=false\nExec=\"@TargetDir@/bin/chat\"\nName=GPT4All-Chat\nIcon=@TargetDir@/logo-48.png\nName[en_US]=GPT4All-Chat");
            component.addElevatedOperation("Copy",
                "/usr/share/applications/GPT4AllChat.desktop",
                "@HomeDir@/Desktop/GPT4AllChat.desktop");
        }
    } catch (e) {
        print("ERROR: creating desktop/startmenu shortcuts" + e);
    }
}