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| author | Andy Shaw <andy.shaw@qt.io> | 2021-06-01 14:21:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Andy Shaw <andy.shaw@qt.io> | 2021-06-14 13:42:35 +0200 |
| commit | b43f06e569a983ae273560f769ec8e6893515750 (patch) | |
| tree | c9126140c6ee71368a77920bd7c09ecf9a1fd357 /doc | |
| parent | 04c36c775a2feb331d8ab01ec602090de1f4d6ec (diff) | |
Doc: add note about limitation with CreateShortcut on Windows
Due to a limitation with the AllUsersStartMenuProgramsPath, Windows
drops the arguments to the target and the Description set. It never
reports an error and also appears to have the arguments set, so we
have no way of catching the problem and trying to workaround it.
Fixes: QTIFW-2257
Change-Id: I28e7a2e0733b462ab759797e61afdbae4be4b04f
Reviewed-by: Katja Marttila <katja.marttila@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/operations.qdoc | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/operations.qdoc b/doc/operations.qdoc index 854e1819d..7862cdaab 100644 --- a/doc/operations.qdoc +++ b/doc/operations.qdoc @@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ On Windows, this creates a .lnk file which can have \c arguments. Furthermore, \c filename can be an HTTP or FTP URL in which case a URL shortcut is created. + \note If the \c @AllUsersStartMenuProgramsPath@ is used for + placing the shortcut, then due to a problem on Windows, it will + drop any arguments to the target and any description set. In + this case, you should place the shortcut elsewhere and copy it + to the location desired. The operation is currently not implemented on other platforms. \row \li CreateDesktopEntry |