I have a question about desktop shortcuts on windows vista.

We created 4 users on windows vista

Jim - Admin user
Matt - regular user
Craig - regular user
Guest - guest user

We then logged in as Jim (administrator) and installed our application.

Jim received both a desktop shortcut and programs shortcut immediately.
We then logged in as any other user Matt, Craig or Guest and all users have the shortcut under programs but are missing thier desktop shortcut.

I verified that the desktop shortcut is setup as "Enable Access for all windows users" but none of the existing users receive a desktop shortcut.

I then created 2 new accounts post installation. Any new user account created after we have installed does receive a desktop shortcut and programs shortcut appropriately.

So it appears (on vindows vista) that if you install your application no users receive a desktop shortcut if the user account exists prior to the setupbuilder installation.

This seems incorrect to me since the program shortcut is being created for all users I think the desktop shortcut should be as well.

We ran the same test on Windows XP Pro.
We installed under an admin account and every existing user received a desktop shortcut. All new users also receive a desktop shortcut.


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