From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13973 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2017 22:39:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13961 invoked by uid 89); 13 Jan 2017 22:39:52 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-spam-relays-external:shaw.ca, H*r:shaw.ca, H*RU:shaw.ca, H*r:sk:smtp-ou X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-no.shaw.ca) (64.59.134.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:39:51 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([174.0.238.184]) by shaw.ca with SMTP id SAVhcHq7UC8pGSAVicHeQx; Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:39:50 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=WoZbCZXv c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:117 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=BuFwqty1uiJ0N9j1q3sA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Subject: Re: Installer request: Remember state of final checkboxes between runs References: <25bef248-8f83-f6eb-8d14-3ebfe666fbd5@gmail.com> To: cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca From: Brian Inglis Message-ID: <9b417110-6d62-d804-fedf-574830e095de@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:39:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <25bef248-8f83-f6eb-8d14-3ebfe666fbd5@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfLkGCQNCY7hZcyiLbgBBaofzvnS+wNLZCdQkdYw7Bl/loYslBB1PKkX6up6O2wztxsSBcIlk515K3WEEj//AdFwtKeI66wo7W2CIHxYS2OsOJn4bDWJf Rq9SFNPTH/BozC7VZo/NA8GGvsQWXLme/bij+eMxkaGUg4M5/M6FBnSalansfyDbmpAZdOQfI2s74A== X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00160.txt.bz2 On 2017-01-13 15:27, cyg Simple wrote: > On 1/13/2017 10:14 AM, Brian Mathis wrote: >> Every time the installer is run, it asks to create an icon on the >> desktop. I do not want an icon on my desktop, and I have to >> uncheck this box every time. I have probably done this 100 times >> since I've been using Cygwin over the years. > You only need to check the boxes on initial install. >> The installer should remember that this option was declined and >> default the checkbox to that state on the next run. > They are not checked by default because you only need to create them > once. You don't need to create them on update unless you've removed > the shortcuts created. Just tested latest Setup - by default Desktop is checked, Start Menu is cleared, and the rest of the time run semi-unattended mode with -gnMO. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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