Message-ID: <4B7D4445.5060808@bopp.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:44:37 -0600
From: Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@bopp.net>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: setup.exe - a small feature request
References: <20100218104928.GA2684@mimosa.garydjones.name> <4B7D3854.3070801@byu.net>
In-Reply-To: <4B7D3854.3070801@byu.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com

Eric Blake wrote:
> According to Gary on 2/18/2010 3:49 AM:
>> Is it already possible to somehow save the value of the "Create Shortcut
>> on Desktop" checkbox? If not, would it be possible to add this feature
>> at some point (yeah, I know, PGA/TC :-) ? I'm sure I'm not the only one
>> who doesn't want a shortcut and is getting fed up with having to uncheck
>> the box every time.
> 
> I would also like such a patch.  But in the meantime, I simply created a
> .bat file that calls setup.exe with the correct command-line options to
> deselect the checkbox, and use the batch file instead of the raw executable.

Just FYI, a shortcut with the necessary option (--no-shortcuts) added
can also be used instead of a batch file.

-Jeremy

--
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