So the eM Client link appears in the root of my Start Menu.
This is quite common with installs, so after the upgrade I deleted the shortcut. However when I started eM Client it put it back. I deleted it again and again upon starting it the program put the shortcut back.
I have yet to find an option in settings to stop this annoying behaviour.
Has anyone found a way I can use to prevent eM Client from mandating how I organise my computer?
Thanks for the suggestion but no, because I don’t want eM Client to start at system startup.
I just don’t want it to keep replacing the eM Client shortcut in my “start menu” (i.e. the menu that appears when you click the “Start” button in Windows and then “All Programs”) if I have deleted it.
It’s only a minor thing (that’s why I haven’t raised a support ticket yet) but it’s starting to ---- me off that companies do this and don’t let me organise my computer the way I want to.
The same has been happening to my PC’s. I’m sorry, but I uninstalled the app and went back to Outlook. Persistance (in general) in front of my eyes, is unacceptable. And the last thing I have time to do, is hack my way around the problem.
I ended up submitting a ticket for this and got the following reply:
I have received a reply from our devs and apparently, my guess was correct - the Start menu shortcut is needed for System notifications to work.
So, with this feature enabled, it is a planned behavior.
But they also advised that if you disable System notifications (Menu>Tools>Settings>General>Notifications) the shortcut technically might not be returned on the next run of the program.
I’m afraid that is Microsoft’s requirement since version 7.2 introduces the support for Windows native notifications. To implement that feature, we had to change the application’s functionality and that is one of the changes related to implemented system notifications.
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It’s a really poor implementation of this requirement. I still have a shortcut in the Start Menu, it’s just not in the root folder. I’ve asked for this to be submitted as a bug for the next update a few days back, but no response yet.
I have to confirm my colleague’s answer that since this was presented as a part of the feature (system notifications) we can’t change the nature to bug and fix it - which would disable the notifications. However, I created a feature request with the idea of removing the start shortcut and it will be considered while developing the new version/s.
Does it require that the shortcut remain in the root directory of the Start Menu? I have my shortcut in a different directory, so having it recreated in the root means that I would have two shortcuts in my Start Menu.
Bumping this to ask whether the shortcut needs to remain in the root directory or whether the requirement is only for the shortcut to be anywhere in the Start Menu.
Root. I found that if you move it to a sub-folder emclient will recreate one in the root when you restart it.
It would possibly have been quicker just to try it rather than wait for a reply. As I have to disable tracking / adblocker software to access this forum many, like me, may not log in to post a reply.
That doesn’t answer my question, which is about the requirement and not the implementation. I’ve already stated that I have the shortcut in a folder other than the root.
My question is directed at Russel Markosky, which is why I commented on his reply and not the general thread.