No shortcut Icon on Desktop

[Mats Wichmann]

On 4/15/22 08:59, Grant Edwards wrote:

> Of course it's easy to add. But, we're talking about people who have
> no idea how to do that. They have no clue how to "navigate to the
> install directory". They don't even realize anything _was_ installed.


I dunno, it's a pretty WIndows-y thing, right-click + create shortcut.
But anyway...

> The problem is that people run the installer, don't see a desktop
> icon, and think nothing has been installed. Or they think the
> installer "is python", and run it over and over again trying to "run
> Python". Then they post the exact same plea for help that has been
> posted coutless times.
> 
> If the installer, by default, created an IDLE desktop shortcut and a
> cmd.exe shortcut that ran Python, I believe it would eliminate most of
> those problems.

I'd add - not naming the installer something Windows' memory of recent
files retains as being Python itself - could be as simple as including
the word "setup" in the name.