wish: setup.exe should remember the desktop icon setting
Corinna Vinschen
corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Mon Feb 23 12:59:00 GMT 2015
On Feb 22 19:51, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> > Am 22.02.2015 um 21:53 schrieb Andrew Schulman:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> when I run setup.exe for the first time, it shows a checkbox somewhere
> > >> at the end of the wizard, allowing me to create a Cygwin icon on the
> > >> desktop.
> > >>
> > >> I dont want this icon, so I uncheck that box. But when I later run
> > >> setup.exe again, the checkbox is checked again, and I have to manually
> > >> uncheck it again.
> > >>
> > >> setup.exe should remember the last setting of the checkbox.
> > >
> > > Running setup with the -n switch,
> > >
> > > setup-x86_64.exe -n
> > >
> > > disables creation of the shortcuts.
> >
> > I dont think Im the only one who doesnt like the current behavior.
> > Therefore it should be fixed directly in setup.exe. It alread remembers
> > the preferred download site, so why not extend this to also remembering
> > the users desktop icon preference?
> >
> > And whenever a user changes his mind, he will see the checkbox again
> > after every installation of a package. (Since thats how setup.exe
> > currently works.)
>
> OK, but I feel sure the answer to these suggestions will be: PTC.
> (https://cygwin.com/acronyms/)
How did you know?
Note, I'm going to ignore further bug and wish reports for the time
being. I have enough on my plate for the next couple of weeks.
Corinna
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