246779 - Can't select a custom location and name for Start Menu folder

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[Jure Repinc (JLP)]

When I am installing Firefox I would like to be able to select where to install
the Start Menu folder for Firefox icons and choose its name.

Reproducable: always

Steps to reproduce:
1. run the Firefox installer

Current results:
Firefox installer newer asks you about the location and name of the Start menu
folder. It always just creates them in "C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs" and names it "Mozilla Firefox".

Expected results:
Firefox installer should ask you where to put the folder and what name should it
have. So that it would be possible to create the folder in "C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Internet" and name it "Firefox" for example.

Comment 1

[Matt]

Moving the shortcuts manually afterwards is bearable (although Windows almost
crashes), but it means that after uninstall, dead shortcuts are left to be
mopped up.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Confirming. Involves quite a bit of work, so probably will have to wait till 1.5.

Comment 3

[charles allen]

I'm always annoyed when a CUSTOM INSTALL doesn't offer the choice of changing
the default location in Start Menu\Programs\ for the new shortcuts.
Ideally this could be fixed at the same time as bug 245392.

Bug 250915 is a dupe of this one, but since I voted for it, I cannot mark it as
such even thought I removed my vote...

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** Bug 250915 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Worcester12345]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Confirming. Involves quite a bit of work, so probably will have to wait till 1.5.

Need target milestone of 1.5 to put this in then.  ;-o

Comment 6

[Pete Woods]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Confirming. Involves quite a bit of work, so probably will have to wait till 1.5.

Surely all that's required is to add a single extra pane to the installer program which gets a string from 
the user asking where to shove the thing in the start menu? Then you can simply apped this to
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\" and tell the installer to stick the start 
menu items there.

Or am I missing something here?

Comment 7

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Though additional work needs to be done on the NSIS installer this bug should be fixed by bug 326580

Comment 8

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Fixed by the checkin of bug 326580.