Windows 11 Shortcut

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novatechinstruments
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Windows 11 Shortcut

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I found some strange behavior related to the uninstall feature when used with Windows 11. I can uninstall my app fine in Windows 10 but when I uninstall it in Windows 11 the uninstaller does not remove the shortcut from the desktop. It removes the shortcut from the programs menu but not the desktop. If I then try to move the desktop icon to the trash manually Windows 11 will not do this. I must reinstall the app, remove the icon from the desktop manually and then uninstall the app.
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Re: Windows 11 Shortcut

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Please attach a screen shot of the shortcut's properties dialog.
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Re: Windows 11 Shortcut

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See property screen shots below. This only happens when I install the app from a USB stick. If I install it from a file on my computer then the shortcut is properly uninstalled. Also, after the process of doing a print screen and cut of the properties window the shortcut icon disappeared from my desktop.
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Re: Windows 11 Shortcut

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I see that the shortcut is located in your OneDrive's desktop folder.
Can you check it.
The usual Desktop location is in user's AppData folder.
Also, read this:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... a0098ed244
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Re: Windows 11 Shortcut

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Leo, Yes the shortcut is in onedrive but only after I uninstalled the app(image 1380). When I initially installed the app the shortcut was in User\bob\appdata\roaming (image 1381) Bob
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Re: Windows 11 Shortcut

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I think the issue is with the syncing these two desktop folders.
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