The installer DOES ask. If you tick "Do not create shortcuts" then it will not create shortcuts - that includes the shortcut in the one in the Startup folder
Okay, this probably needs some clarification in the installer ... it's perhaps not too intuitive d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 6:42 PM Subject: [freenet-dev] Windows autorun > We might want to consider this :- > > ----- Forwarded message from "R. Priestley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: "R. Priestley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Freenet > > Hi. > > First, let me say that I applaud the principle of Freenet; there > is far too much snooping potential developing and I think it > important to get our defences up and running while we still can. > That is why I installed Freenet on my PC. > > However: if there is any notification in the installation that it > was going to autorun. I didn't notice it. The following day, it > tried to access the Internet and rang alarm bells. > > I hate installations that do things like that without asking. > Naughty. Do you really want to piss off people like me? ASK > before tinkering with peoples' machine setup. > > The autorun is now disabled. It will run ONLY when I choose to > run it. So far, I am resisting the temptation to uninstall. > > Regards, > R. Priestley. > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ > Founder, Locutus http://locut.us/ > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/ > _______________________________________________ > devl mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > _______________________________________________ devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
