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Old 04-22-2008   #3 (permalink)
William Anderson
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RE: Vista installation of various programs issue.. shortcuts not creat

Hey there Markm,

Those apps generally don't wind up creating any Desktop or Start Menu icons
because those folders are located in a different location than XP.
(XP-Documents and Settings\%username% where Vista is - Users\%username%)

You can always manually create the shortcuts by locating the app in the
Program Files (x86) directory. Just right click on the desktop, click
New>Shortcut>and then browse to the location of the app. Kind of a pain, but
the 'legacy' apps usualy look for the above pathing and just can't find it.

Best Regards,

Will

"markm75" wrote:
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> I'm running vista x64 with 4GB memory.. for some reason.. on any new apps i
> install.. it seems the shortcuts dont get created.. often it will create the
> folder for them, but no icons..
>
> Has anyone run into this and know of a fix?
>
> Thanks
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