I am not trying to defend the state of affairs. I had the same problem and was trying to help the questioner. If you look at my earlier messages, you will see that I am highly critical of this and other aspects of the installer (to the point where people complained that I was too harsh).
Sandy On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:52:20 -0400 "Twayne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 06/30/2008 09:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Barbara Duprey helped me with this problem. > >> > >> My os is xp and this is what happened in my case. The installer > does > >> not prompt you with options for icons. It does not create desktop > >> icons, ut does creat start menu icons in the "Programs" section. > You > >> can then find the paths for the programs and use them to create > >> desktop icons, or you may be able to drag and drop the start menu > >> icons to the desktop. I hope that helps. > >> > >> Sandy > > > > Onadarka is not subscribed to the list as his/her msg headers > show: > > > > Delivered-To: mailing list [email protected] > > Delivered-To: moderator for [email protected] > > > > In order to reply to unsubscribed posters you will need to cc > them. I > > also recommend adding a .sig note, something along the lines of: > > > > ==== > > Note: You have been cc'd on this reply as you have posted to an > > OpenOffice.org (OOo) mailing list. Please see: > > http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for details and how to > > subscribe or view the archives so that you may see responses from > > other OOo users. Please *only* reply to [email protected] > > ==== > > > > On additional point: if you install MS Office (at least the older > > versions - I've no knowledge of MSO past MS Office XP Pro) it does > not > > put icons on your desktop either when first installed. > > Yeah, but two wrongs don't make a right, especially when you > consider > how many people are fooled by the omission of desktop and/or > quicklaunch > icons. You expect them to be there, and when you find the installer > > apps, many assume that's them. But of course it's not. And, it's > not > well explained in a readme or anythng else, either. IMO it should > be a > priority to make such a simple change to the installer. > I noticed v 3.0 put, I think, the quick starte icon on the > desktop; > good move IMO, long as they keep it. > > Just my 2 ยข > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ Click here to choose from a huge selection of shipping supplies! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3n4Vi0B8FGx5e36QfyL2ayl2AgxX2EVmQtv06M2eFp2jbyWY/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
