Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
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.

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Kenneth Wolcott
Hi; On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:37, Andrey Repin 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 prog

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Andrey Repin
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. W

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
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 reme

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Andy Koppe
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:

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
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

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Christopher Faylor
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 someth

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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 chec

Re: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
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 A

R: Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Marco Atzeri
--- 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 diffi

Cygwin setup not saving "Create icon on Desktop" setting?

2010-08-24 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
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