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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:07:55 +0100
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Subject: Re: mintty start menu icon
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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2010/8/26 Vincent Rivi=C3=A8re:
> I do not want a Cygwin folder in my start menu. When I run the Cygwin set=
up,
> I always uncheck "Add icon to Start Menu" on the last page. Despite of th=
at,
> every time the mintty package is updated, its icon appears again in the
> start menu.
>
> It would be nice if the mintty package could honor the unchecking of "Add
> icon to Start Menu"

Yes, that would be nice, but unfortunately setup.exe's design doesn't
allow for this. The start menu icon is created by the mintty
postinstall script, which is run before the user even gets to the "Add
icon to Start Menu" option. Same issue for other packages that create
start menu entries.

Andy

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