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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:15:57 +0100
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Subject:	Re: mintty start menu icon
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On 26 August 2010 17:02, Rance Hall wrote:
> Wouldn't it better if the mintty installer asked on its own if this
> shortcut were needed on new installs?

I guess it would be possible for postinstall scripts to somehow throw
up a message box before creating shortcuts, but I suspect that would
cause much more annoyance than yet another entry start menu entry
that's easily deleted or ignored. Also, that approach just wouldn't
scale to multiple packages.

Andy

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