Opened 14 years ago

Closed 14 years ago

#3082 closed bug (fixed)

Start Menu is cluttered

Reported by: arencambre Owned by: nobody
Priority: minor: annoyance Milestone: Version 1.6.0
Component: Build/Install Version: 1.5.0
Keywords: Cc: aren@…
Must Fix for Release: No Platform: Windows
Platform Version: Awaiting user input: no

Description

Please remove the uninstaller and web site shortcuts from the Start Menu.

Best practices for Windows applications mean you only put shortcuts to programs in the Start Menu. See ​http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/The-Start-menu-overview for reinforcement, but it's been this way since at least 1995 (Windows 95). ​http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511447.aspx#files says: "Don't put shortcuts to the following items on the Start menu:" and mentions "program uninstallers", "web sites, and "help files" among some others.

Quick sampling of my current applications shows many strong examples where Start Menu is uncluttered, including Openoffice.org, MySql, Mozilla Firefox, Pidgin, Wireshark, and others.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by jef, 14 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

fixed in r14350.

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