Refresh()

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I am receiving calls again on new installs where the program icon is not
appearing on the desktop. This is a new SB8 install so wondering if I
have the Refresh() entered in correct place.

Don Harvey

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Don,

> I am receiving calls again on new installs where the program icon is
> not appearing on the desktop. This is a new SB8 install so wondering
> if I have the Refresh() entered in correct place.

I would suggest to check if the installer created the Desktop icon
("per-machine"). In the uninstall .log it should look like this:

|005|_0000_|C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Yada.lnk

The "Refresh Desktop" function refreshes the Windows Icon Cache (similar to
a manually Refresh, either by pressing F5 or via the context menu). If both
the above line does exist in the uninstall .log and the .lnk file does exist
then there is not much you can do. A reboot "might" help.

Friedrich

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Thanks Friedrich. Yes, the lnk is listed in the uninstall log.

Good to know at least that I set the installer correctly.

Don Harvey

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BTW, you only need "Refresh Desktop" for older Windows operating systems to
work around the Windows icon cache bug (especially when replacing existing
Desktop icons). I stopped using it some years ago. IIRC, MS fixed it in
Vista.

Friedrich