Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
Hi Folks, I'm running Cygwin Setup 2.712 on a Windows XP SP3 machine. When I get to the end of setup, I uncheck the Create icon on Desktop box. The next time I run Cygwin Setup, that box is checked again. This makes it difficult to use my desktop setup icon that has the -M parameter, because I always have to clean up afterward by removing the Cygwin icon from my desktop and Start folder. Is this a bug? I noticed that there's no SETUP.INI file in the Cygwin directory anymore, but there is an etc/setup/setup.rc file instead. Thanks - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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
R: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
--- Mar 24/8/10, Jim Reisert AD1C ha scritto: Hi Folks, I'm running Cygwin Setup 2.712 on a Windows XP SP3 machine. When I get to the end of setup, I uncheck the Create icon on Desktop box. The next time I run Cygwin Setup, that box is checked again. This makes it difficult to use my desktop setup icon that has the -M parameter, because I always have to clean up afterward by removing the Cygwin icon from my desktop and Start folder. Is this a bug? I noticed that there's no SETUP.INI file in the Cygwin directory anymore, but there is an etc/setup/setup.rc file instead. Thanks - Jim see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts Marco -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
Marco wrote: see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts This is only a band-aid. It does not change the fact that the program doesn't save the status of that checkbox from run to run. - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
On 8/24/2010 1:49 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Marco wrote: see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts This is only a band-aid. It does not change the fact that the program doesn't save the status of that checkbox from run to run. True but something else must be coming into play because I just tried running as originally reported and saw no problem. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:13:04AM -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Is this a bug? No. I noticed that there's no SETUP.INI file in the Cygwin directory anymore, but there is an etc/setup/setup.rc file instead. There should never have been a setup.ini in the Cygwin directory. setup.ini is something very different from setup.rc. setup.exe, like many other installers, will always prompt you at the end on whether you want to create a desktop icon. cgf -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
Sorry, I'm not subscribed but reading on the web: Christopher Faylor wrote: setup.exe, like many other installers, will always prompt you at the end on whether you want to create a desktop icon. I understand that. So, are the two check-box settings saved somewhere, and if so, where? Because whatever file is supposed to remember these settings doesn't seem to, at least in my installation. - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
On 24 August 2010 19:16, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: So, are the two check-box settings saved somewhere, and if so, where? No. It will helpfully untick the checkboxes if the shortcuts are already there. PTC, I presume. Andy -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:16:37PM -0600, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: Christopher Faylor wrote: setup.exe, like many other installers, will always prompt you at the end on whether you want to create a desktop icon. I understand that. I don't think you do. setup.exe is not designed to remember the settings. cgf -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts This is only a band-aid. It does not change the fact that the program doesn't save the status of that checkbox from run to run. Why would you want to create shortcuts more than once? . I don't get it. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@freemail.ru) 24.08.2010, 22:37 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
Hi; On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:37, Andrey Repin anrdae...@freemail.ru wrote: Greetings, Jim Reisert AD1C! see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts This is only a band-aid. It does not change the fact that the program doesn't save the status of that checkbox from run to run. Why would you want to create shortcuts more than once? . I don't get it. Perhaps If I selected no shortcut once, I might want it to remember that the next time I run that I still don't want a shortcut created. Ken Wolcott -- 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
Re: Cygwin setup not saving Create icon on Desktop setting?
Andrey Repin wrote: see setup --help -n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and start menu shortcuts This is only a band-aid. It does not change the fact that the program doesn't save the status of that checkbox from run to run. Why would you want to create shortcuts more than once? . I don't get it. There are different ways to run the program. I could open up a CMD window, cd to the cygwin directory and type .\setup. Or I could create a shortcut on my desktop do to this. I do it both ways, depending on what's easiest. My setup.exe desktop shortcut uses the -M switch, so I don't get the choice whether to create desktop shortcuts. It just does. I thought it would remember the last setting from run to run. Since Christopher Faylor wrote: setup.exe is not designed to remember the settings. I will add the -n option to my desktop shortcut. But I could swear that at one point in time, setup saved its settings for the next time. It must have been a dream. - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- 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
