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Deprecate Windows "quicklaunch" support (at least disable it by default) ?
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- [X] I added a descriptive title
- [X] I searched open requests and couldn't find a duplicate
What is the idea?
I have been wondering about the AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Quick Launch/Launch Turtle.lnk
that is listed when I install
my json file (as shown in https://github.com/conda/menuinst/issues/240#issuecomment-2263194033)
I have found the quicklaunch option and I can disable the creation by using "win": {"quicklaunch": false}
. But was is this for? I can understand the desktop
option (create a desktop icon in addition to the Start Menu item) but what was this Internet Explorer related stuff, when Microsoft is now using Edge
Most relevant thing I have found was the How to Add the Quick Launch Toolbar in Windows 10 page, and I was indeed able to display the Turtle quicklaunch icon by using %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
at step 3
But that's mostly useless and the page above says that this has been gone since Windows 7
Why is this needed?
Quicklaunch support is not needed because:
- this is confusing (I lost some time on it)
- it seems to be obsolete
- you may want to trim your code by removing this
The minimal thing to do would be to set the quicklaunch default to false
What should happen?
Get rid of this or disable it by default
Additional Context
No response