[tor-bugs] #6062 [Tor bundles/installation]: Tor Browser wont start via shortcut in windows start menu

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#6062: Tor Browser wont start via shortcut in windows start menu
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 Reporter:  trallala                  |          Owner:  erinn                        
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new                          
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.3.x-stable
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                               
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Changes (by rransom):

 * cc: Shondoit (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:6062 trallala]:
 > title says it all

 Your shortcut probably has the wrong ‘Working Directory’ set.  ‘`Start Tor
 Browser.exe`’ needs to be run from the ‘`Tor Browser`’ directory.  Maybe
 it should learn to find the directory it lives in and `chdir`
 appropriately (like the Linux startup script).


 > also, window controls (minimize, maximize, close) are invisible on vista

 Duplicate of a now-fixed ticket that I'm not going to go looking for.


 > on a completely unrelated note: your last torbutton update was messed up
 as tor mode continued to be active even after uninstalling torbutton (i
 switched it of in the firefox menu but im pretty sure there are some
 people out there who wouldnt know to do that)

 Also a duplicate of a very serious bug, which mikeperry claimed to be
 unable to reproduce even though multiple users reported it.


 > and yes i know, you hate it when multiple issues are cramped into one
 ticket

 Yes, we do hate tickets with multiple issues in them.

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