[Lazarus] Lazarus Release Candidate 1 of 1.8.0

[Martin Frb]

On 19/05/2017 09:27, Werner Pamler via Lazarus wrote:
> Am 18.05.2017 um 23:45 schrieb Werner Pamler via Lazarus:
>> An issue with the installer for 1.8RC1 32bit Windows (I hope it has 
>> not been discussed already...): the checkbox to create a desktop icob 
>> is disabled.
>
> This happens when "Create a seconary installation" is checked. And I 
> looked at previous versions: all versions back to 1.2 have the same 
> behavior (1.0 did not have the secondary installation option yet). So, 
> I guess this is intended. But why should a secondardy installation be 
> inhibited to create a desktop icon?
No idea (that is, I do not remember)

Probably to avoid overwriting the desktop icon of the primary install. 
So basically it would need implementation to create a meaningful icon. 
(If inno can be tweaked).
If so then it is a missing feature. patches welcome.