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Desktop Icon Not Working Correctly

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Somehow I lost my desktop icon for TMG7.03. I recreated it with the following properties:

 

Target: "C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist v7\tmg7.exe"

Start in: "C:\Program Files\The Master Genealogist v7"

Run: Normal Window

 

Now when I double click the icon TMG checks for updates and then exits completely without starting. I then have to double click the icon again to start the program and it then starts normally.

 

I checked and the path in the shortcut and it is correct.

 

I am running Vista Ultimate SP-1.

 

Anyone have an idea how to eliminate going through this process of having to open TMG twice to get it running?

 

Thanks

Walter

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Don't have any ideas.

 

Delete the shortcut that you created.

 

Right-click on the shortcut in the Start menu and drag it to the desktop and select 'Copy' so that the shortcut is copied to the desktop and then try that one.

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Don't have any ideas.

 

Delete the shortcut that you created.

 

Right-click on the shortcut in the Start menu and drag it to the desktop and select 'Copy' so that the shortcut is copied to the desktop and then try that one.

 

The only thing I have in the Start Menu is Check for a program update! Not TMG Icons at all.

 

Walter

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OK. Run Windows Explorer and browse to the TMG program folder. Select the Tmg7.exe file, right-click on it, drag to your desktop, release, and select 'Create shortcuts here' from the menu. Now you have created your own shortcut. You can select the shortcut, right-click and select 'Properties' and edit the shortcut properties.

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Walter,

 

I'm out of ideas.

 

Let's go to Preferences and change some startup settings.

 

Startup and Exit tab

Check 'Show Welcome Window'

Set 'Length of splash screen delay' to 1

Set 'Check for an update' to 0

 

and let's see what happens. That should eliminate the check for an update screen.

 

Jim

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