Installer request: Remember state of final checkboxes between runs

[Marco Atzeri]

On 13/01/2017 16:14, Brian Mathis wrote:
> Every time the installer is run, it asks to create an icon on the
> desktop.  I do not want an icon on my desktop, and I have to uncheck
> this box every time.  I have probably done this 100 times since I've
> been using Cygwin over the years.
>
> The installer should remember that this option was declined and
> default the checkbox to that state on the next run.
>

there are some options available for this

  -N --no-startmenu                 Disable creation of start menu shortcut
  -d --no-desktop                   Disable creation of desktop shortcut

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