VirtualBox

Opened 8 years ago

Closed 7 years ago

#15922 closed enhancement (fixed)

Need installer option "Do not create shortcuts"

Reported by: Edward Yang Owned by:
Component: installer Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: other Host type: Windows

Description

I personally do not quite like creating too many shortcuts in Start Menu. I usually remove VirtualBox shortcuts after installation completes. It would be handy for the installer to have an option that says "Do not create Start Menu shortcuts".

Attachments (2)

WindowsInstallerCreateShortcuts.png (23.9 KB ) - added by Socratis 8 years ago.
Windows Installer option to create shortcuts or not.
Screen Shot 2016-09-30 at 6.50.58 PM.png (13.0 KB ) - added by Edward Yang 7 years ago.

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Change History (8)

comment:1 by Socratis, 8 years ago

Do you mean something like the attachment that follows? I don't know what version of VirtualBox you were installing, or how you were installing it, but this option has been there for a long time.

I believe that this ticket should be closed as "Invalid".

by Socratis, 8 years ago

Windows Installer option to create shortcuts or not.

by Edward Yang, 7 years ago

comment:2 by Edward Yang, 7 years ago

That's not what I meant. I do not like Start Menu shortcuts as I stated in the initial ticket. See my new attachment.

BTW, the shortcuts "Uninstall" and "Website" do not help much at all (for me).

Last edited 7 years ago by Edward Yang (previous) (diff)

comment:3 by Socratis, 7 years ago

Ah, so you're not talking about shortcuts, you're talking about the "Start Menu Program Group". Close, but not the same. And yes, I agree with you, that should be an optional thing. It's easy enough to implement I believe.

comment:4 by Edward Yang, 7 years ago

I see this new improvement in recent test build (5.1.17.111168). Good work!

BTW, one small problem - should the option label is "Start Menu entries" (uppercased)?

Last edited 7 years ago by Edward Yang (previous) (diff)

comment:5 by Frank Mehnert, 7 years ago

Fix is part of VBox 5.1.8.

comment:6 by Frank Mehnert, 7 years ago

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Re comment:9: I don't think that uppercase entries are appropriate here.

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