[Bug 17315] New: Wine lacks an option to disable start menu/desktop icon creation
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Summary: Wine lacks an option to disable start menu/desktop icon creation Product: Wine Version: 1.1.14 Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: trivial Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org ReportedBy: from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com On my system, I have to set up `rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/wine &>/dev/null` as a cronjob because I frequently add applications to non-default Wine prefixes for testing purposes and then simply delete the prefixes when I'm finished testing. This works, but prevents me from retaining any icons from my default Wine prefix. Deleting the Z: link to prevent otherwise trustworthy apps from innocently cluttering up the system at large keeps desktop icons in check, but it still seems like a bit of an ugly hack. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> 2009-02-08 10:43:27 --- *** This bug has been confirmed by popular vote. *** -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |dimesio(a)earthlink.net --- Comment #2 from Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> 2009-02-08 10:54:02 --- I'd like this too, for pretty much the same reasons. I delete the icons manually, so I keep the ones I want, but it's still a pain to have to do that for apps I was just testing. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |austinenglish(a)gmail.com --- Comment #3 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2009-02-08 11:05:28 --- Technically windows doesn't do this, so wine shouldn't have to either... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #4 from Stephan Sokolow <from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com> 2009-02-08 11:26:55 --- Technically, Windows doesn't support the kind of pseudo-virtualization that exposes this problem in the first place. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|trivial |enhancement --- Comment #5 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2009-02-08 11:34:56 --- (In reply to comment #4)
Technically, Windows doesn't support the kind of pseudo-virtualization that exposes this problem in the first place.
That's irrelevant. My point was that Windows doesn't give you a way to prevent icons from being made either. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #6 from Stephan Sokolow <from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com> 2009-02-08 11:47:52 --- Yes, but there's less need for it in Windows. It's all one desktop. To me, this is like a Windows application being able to add icons to the "All Users" desktop or Start Menu without needing administrator privileges. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #7 from Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> 2009-02-08 13:05:12 --- (In reply to comment #3)
Technically windows doesn't do this, so wine shouldn't have to either...
You're right, of course; it's an enhancement, not a bug. It just happens to be one I've often wished for. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #8 from Alexandre Julliard <julliard(a)winehq.org> 2009-02-08 16:22:19 --- You can disable winemenubuilder.exe using the libraries tab in winecfg. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #9 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> 2009-02-09 03:35:04 --- Once the bug 10277 is fixed this shouldn't be a problem anymore. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 10277 *** -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #10 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> 2009-02-09 03:35:21 --- Closing duplicate. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Stephan Sokolow <from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|CLOSED |REOPENED Resolution|DUPLICATE | --- Comment #11 from Stephan Sokolow <from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com> 2009-02-09 12:22:09 --- This is not a duplicate of 10277 because I don't run the uninstallers. (It would take far too long and there's no guarantee of unattended operation) I simply delete the non-default wineprefixes and I'm looking for an option that will work with removing Z: to allow me to prevent standard Windows installers from stepping outside the wineprefix. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #12 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> 2009-02-09 22:17:10 --- (In reply to comment #11)
This is not a duplicate of 10277 because I don't run the uninstallers. (It would take far too long and there's no guarantee of unattended operation) I simply delete the non-default wineprefixes and I'm looking for an option that will work with removing Z: to allow me to prevent standard Windows installers from stepping outside the wineprefix.
You should run the ununstallers then, there is no reason to cripple Wine to workaround your habits. Otherwise this bug is invalid. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 10277 *** -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #13 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com> 2009-02-09 22:17:28 --- Closing duplicate. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #14 from Stephan Sokolow <from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com> 2009-02-10 01:21:16 --- Ugh. I'll just stick with deleting all Wine menu entries on a cronjob until I can get the hang of using the libraries tab as Alexandre suggested. Then I'll add a `regedit disable_menus.reg` line to my wrapper. (Least hassle) Running uninstallers is not a suitable option because it takes too long, there's no guarantee that the uninstallers have an unattended mode, there's no guarantee that the invocation method for the uninstallers' unattended mode will be consistent, and even then, I still find it irritating that Windows applications can clutter up my otherwise beautifully organized search-based launcher with their 5+ icons per application. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #15 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2009-02-10 01:22:37 --- (In reply to comment #14)
Ugh. I'll just stick with deleting all Wine menu entries on a cronjob until I can get the hang of using the libraries tab as Alexandre suggested. Then I'll add a `regedit disable_menus.reg` line to my wrapper. (Least hassle)
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winemenubuilder.exe=d" wine foo.exe Or add that to your .bashrc -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17315 --- Comment #16 from Stephan Sokolow <from_wine_bugzilla(a)ssokolow.com> 2009-02-10 01:30:42 --- Thanks. I've generally tried to avoid the need for Wine, so I haven't had much chance to get familiar with the options available outside winecfg. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
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