Closed
Bug 113834
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
Place a special Mozilla icon on desktop as MSIE does (not a shortcut)
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: Installer, enhancement)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
WONTFIX
Future
People
(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: greggl)
References
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Details
(Keywords: polish)
Attachments
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I'm going to attach a .reg file which, if installed, places a Mozilla icon on the desktop that is, like IE, not a shortcut, but rather a fixed element on the desktop like the Recycle Bin, Network Neighbourhood and My Computer are. It also puts a Mozilla-icon under 'My Computer'. Dunno if it's useful, you decide :) Some comments: * I had to use an icon from mozctl.dll, mozilla.exe didn't work. * I generated a GUID myself (using a MS program), don't know if it should be requested from Microsoft, or if there's some Mozilla GUID already present.. * Drag-and-drop doesn't work yet * Properties don't either, but i'm not sure which properties should be displayed, it might be useful to start the Profile Manager from there (dunno if it's possible) If you want more info, mail me...
Save this attachement as 'MozillaOnDesktop.reg' somewhere and double-click it (Or first view the contents :). To uninstall, you have to remove the keys by hand (using regedit) unfortunately.
Comment 2•23 years ago
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Nice, but one small remark. Make sure to change this info by hand: "C:\\Program Files\\mozilla.org\\Mozilla\\mozctl.dll" and "c:\\program files\\mozilla.org\\mozilla\\mozilla.exe" In case you don't use this path ^_~
Comment 3•23 years ago
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I'm sure we'd want to do this with windows registry commands in the install script, so we'd know the correct user-chosen install path. Thanks for posting which keys to modify.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Updated•23 years ago
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Summary: [enh] how to place a Mozilla-icon on desktop as IE does ( = not a shortcut) → [rfe]how to place a Mozilla-icon on desktop as IE does ( = not a shortcut)
Cool, reassigning to curt
Assignee: syd → curt
Target Milestone: --- → Future
Comment 5•23 years ago
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Gregg, how about you evaluate whether this is something we want?
Assignee: curt → greggl
in fact, imho having *NO* mozilla icon on the desktop should also be an option during installation. This can be done by a check box similar to that for QuickLaunch (turbo) mode. Many installers these days feature such option. I install mozilla each day and everytime i have to delete the desktop icon :(
Comment 8•23 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 28174 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 10•23 years ago
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Reopening. This is *not* about shortcut icons. This is obvious from my comment which first mentions the other bug, the summary, the original report, as well as the attachment. Bug 28174 is about providing UI for shortcuts.
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Updated•23 years ago
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Comment 11•23 years ago
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* I had to use an icon from mozctl.dll, mozilla.exe didn't work. The mozilla.exe icon works for me (using 2002062908 on XP). I think there was a problem with pre-1.0 that has now been sorted.
Comment 12•22 years ago
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I don't like IE's special icon because I can't drag to it. I removed the special icon and created a real shortcut. I don't see any reason to mimic IE here.
Comment 13•22 years ago
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I'm not sure how useful this is. I always hated the special treatment that the Exploder icon gets - it *should* be an shortcut/alias, not a regular file. And it should be an optional install (See bug 28174). As long as someone can show me why this is necessary, I vote WONTFIX. I always show the difference between Exploder and Mozilla as a proof what Micro$oft is giving a special treatment to Xploder. It was a bit of a surprise to me, to read that it's actaully possible to do the same thing. I have never seen it used in another application.
Comment 14•22 years ago
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I also vote for WONTFIX. I see comments on making this optional and on wontfixing this. There need to be rationales that this feature will improve usability and worth the effort to fix this.
Summary: [rfe]how to place a Mozilla-icon on desktop as IE does ( = not a shortcut) → Place a special Mozilla icon on desktop as MSIE does (not a shortcut)
Comment 15•22 years ago
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Wontfix.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago → 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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