On 2022-04-14, Mirko via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: >> Python normally does not create "shortcut icon"s -- one downloads an > > The Python Windows installer *absolutely* should.
Agreed. I'm not much of a Windows user, but I do maintain a few Windows applications with installers. They all create desktop shortcuts by default. There's a checkbox for it, and the user can uncheck it. In my experience, if an installer doesn't create a desktop shortcut by default, it just generates a lot of support calls about the installer not working or how do you run the program? Expecting people to go read some documentation on how to run a program, or even expecting them to look through the start menu is asking for headaches. That said, I don't really have much skin in this game since I neither use nor help maintain the windows installer. I do sometimes try to respond to the "installer is broken" or "how do I run it" posts, but I've mostly given up on that. -- Grant -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
