On 1/13/2017 11:23 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 5:27 PM, cyg Simple <cygsim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 1/13/2017 10:14 AM, 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. >>> >> >> You only need to check the boxes on initial install. >> >>> The installer should remember that this option was declined and >>> default the checkbox to that state on the next run. >>> >> >> They are not checked by default because you only need to create them >> once. You don't need to create them on update unless you've removed the >> shortcuts created. >> >> -- >> cyg Simple > > > No, this is not correct. If you run the install and DEselect to > create icons, it will ask you to create them again next time. It's > only doing a simple check if files exist to determine if the box is > checked. If the files don't exist, then is asks to create them, so > there is no way to say "never create icons". >
Acknowledged. This sounds to be an issue to me. Are you able to provide a patch? -- cyg Simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
