[tor-bugs] #14688 [Tor Browser]: Can we optionally create shortcuts for Windows users?

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#14688: Can we optionally create shortcuts for Windows users?
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mo
  mikeperry              |     Status:  needs_review
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tbb-usability-stoppoint-app,
  Browser                |  tbb-4.5-alpha, TorBrowserTeam201503
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by mo):

 * status:  assigned => needs_review


Comment:

 After a short discussion on IRC, we decided to add an option to create a
 shortcut in the user's Start Menu "Programs" section, and have that option
 enabled by default. Since the desktop is the default location for the Tor
 Browser installation itself, it does not make much sense to add another
 shortcut to the Desktop. Also, it is discouraged to do so on Windows.

 With NSIS, there's two ways to do this: We either display an extra
 component page, where "Tor Browser" is a forced checkbox (not possible to
 unselect), and "Add start menu shortcut" is a separate checkbox. Or, we
 add the "Add start menu shortcut" to the last page that is displayed (it
 currently only has "Run Tor Browser", also checked by default).

 I think adding the option to the last page makes more sense and is
 visually more appealing, which is what I implemented in
 https://github.com/moba/tbb-windows-
 installer/commit/07b1a92b2c8fdd20cd665e63d6b53d8d40348407 .

 Both ways are not ideal since they add another custom string to the
 installer: no matter which language you select at the beginning, that
 option will currently not be translated unless we add translations
 ourselves. The only other custom string we currently have warns if you
 pick an existing target directory ("The destination directory already
 exists. You can try to upgrade the Tor Browser Bundle, but if you run into
 any problems, use a new directory instead. Continue? (Y/N)"), but at least
 many users don't see that (in contrast to the "Add start menu shortcut"),
 which all users will see.

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