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| Summary: | [Windows] Add shortcuts for installed product to the menu and desktop | ||
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| Product: | [Tools] Oomph | Reporter: | Wayne Beaton <wayne.beaton> |
| Component: | Setup | Assignee: | Ed Merks <Ed.Merks> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | enhancement | ||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | Ed.Merks, felix.dorner, ian.skerrett, mkoegel, stepper |
| Version: | 1.1.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows NT | ||
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| Bug Depends on: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 459836 | ||
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Description
Wayne Beaton
That's a good point! The solution will probably be platform-dependent. It'll take me some time to investigate the options... I've submitted the following CQs: https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9435 https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9436 And then I've fundamentally changed the workflow to: 1) Download extractor executable (to be renamed to xyz-installer) 2) Double-click extractor to start it 3) Extractor extracts installer to temp dir and launches it directly there 4) User can install a product 5) After successful product installation a "Keep installer" link is displayed 6) If this link is selected a dialog pops up with a default permanent installer location (and later checkboxes for creating shortcuts) 7) If that dialog is confirmed with Ok the installer copies itself from temp to the selected permanent folder (and later creates shortcuts) Committed: f0a88f1fc09c9ee74a7bd8a8585e4550de532f69 97d108aba7048d27d975be4c10e1303f85b6d099 And this commit adds the shortcut creation: http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/commit/?id=021757aa9d75ae6d01e95e253b6703b0bcef38eb For the average user, the expected behaviour is to have the icon created for the Eclipse configuration they've installed, not the installer itself (this was my original intention with this bug, so I've reopened it). I like what you've done with the installer icon, and I think that it will work nicely with an eventual transition from installer to installer/launcher, but I'd like to see the functionality made available for the installations as well. e.g. 1) user installs (e.g.) Eclipse IDE for Java Developers 2) installer does its thing 3) a launcher is added in the start menu with a short-cut on the desktop. What happens when we uninstall? (In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #6) > For the average user, the expected behaviour is to have the icon created for > the Eclipse configuration they've installed, not the installer itself (this > was my original intention with this bug, so I've reopened it). > > I like what you've done with the installer icon, and I think that it will > work nicely with an eventual transition from installer to > installer/launcher, but I'd like to see the functionality made available for > the installations as well. > > e.g. > > 1) user installs (e.g.) Eclipse IDE for Java Developers > 2) installer does its thing > 3) a launcher is added in the start menu with a short-cut on the desktop. > +1 I would like to see this for Simple and Advanced Mode What is the plan for this bug? I really think having the creation of the shortcuts for the Eclipse installation will be expected by Windows users. *** Bug 469499 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** The changes are committed to master http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/commit/?id=415dd83aec8400aa72300f7e9caefe8db4576dfb http://git.eclipse.org/c/oomph/org.eclipse.oomph.git/commit/?id=10099d962bec5e364dbaf890faa67e0bffde0eeb Options to create menu and desktop shortcuts are supported. The menu will group into a submenu called "Eclipse" with menu items such as "Java Mars". I only see these options in "Simple Mode". Is it possible to select them in advanced mode too? Only the simple installer has these options. |