Total Commander

...at least during the beta period.

As it is now, despite the fact that I installed TC7 in a separate directory, the installer overwrite my desktop and Start menu links to point to TC7. And when I uninstalled TC7, these were, of course, gone.

At least during the beta test period, TC7 should install in a different Start menu group and should create a differently named desktop shortcut.

Regards,
Vesselin

... and, of course, a beta tester should know what he's doing BEFORE installing beta sofware

[mod]Moved to TC 7 beta discussion forum.

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They do coexist, just the shortcut is updated to the latest version. Just create a new one if you still need the old version.

roentgen wrote:... and, of course, a beta tester should know what he's doing BEFORE installing beta sofware

Of course. You don't seriously think that I installed the beta on my production machine, right? I installed it on a Virtual PC. So, no real harm done - I just wanted to report the issue.

Regards,
Vesselin

ghisler(Author) wrote:They do coexist, just the shortcut is updated to the latest version. Just create a new one if you still need the old version.

The programs do - as I said, I installed the beta in a separate directory. But, IMO, it is wrong that the existing shortcuts for the old version are overwritten by those of the beta. As I reported, this has the side-effect of leaving the user with no Start menu and desktop shortcuts when uninstalling the beta. It would be better if these shortcuts have a different name - e.g., with " Beta" appended to them - so that they don't overwrite the existing ones. This doesn't have to be permanent - i.e., it can be changed to the old behavior once the beta test period is over.

Regards,
Vesselin

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During installation, you are prompted whether you want to install shortcuts in the Start menu and on the Desktop - why don't you just answer NO to these two questions?

petermad wrote:During installation, you are prompted whether you want to install shortcuts in the Start menu and on the Desktop - why don't you just answer NO to these two questions?

Because I want shortcuts to be installed. I just don't want them to overwrite the already installed shortcuts for a pre-existing stable version of TC.

Regards,
Vesselin

Why not just change the startmeny path??? And use a diff name on desktop??

ThurahT wrote:Why not just change the startmeny path??? And use a diff name on desktop??

That is exactly what I am suggesting that the installer of TC7-beta should do, yes.

Regards,
Vesselin