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Re: Avoiding the final setup.exe page
- From: Brian Ford <Brian dot Ford at FlightSafety dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:03:56 -0500
- Subject: Re: Avoiding the final setup.exe page
- References: <20090921023646.GA4122@ednor.casa.cgf.cx>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Sun, 20 Sep 2009, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> People have complained about the final setup.exe page which asks about
> creating an icon, etc. What's the best way to stop that page from
> showing up every time you run setup.exe? Should it only be asked on the
> very first installation (easy) or should there be a "Don't ask this
> question again" (harder)?
>
> And, if that page goes away, should setup.exe just exit when it is
> done or should it still have something that you click?
FWIW, I think the current behavior of remembering past choices and giving
the option to change them, while at the same time showing a positive
notification of success full completion, is just fine the way it is.
AFAIK, the success full completion page is industry standard for Windows
installers.
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Brian Ford
Staff Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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