Adding apps to startup could be made easier

[Florian Diesch]

"David M. Karr" <davidmichaelkarr at gmail.com> wrote:

> I discover an application I want to install, so I go to "Add/Remove", 
> find it, then install it.
>
> I can now see it in the "Applications" menu, although it just shows me 
> the "displayable" name of the application, not the full path to the 
> application.
>
> Now, one of the installed applications needs to go into my session 
> startup.  The dialog to add a startup application doesn't allow me to 
> browse through the installed applications, all I can do is enter a full 
> path to an executable.

You can drag&drop an item from the start menu into the list of start programs.

> There's a disconnect here.  Either the applications menu needs to 
> provide a "Properties" item that shows the full path to the application, 
> or the "Add Startup Program" dialog needs to allow selection of an 
> application from the Applications menu.  I could see adding both of 
> these.  The latter is friendlier to less experienced users.  The former 
> is more general-purpose.
>
> I'd be willing to file an issue for this, after I get some feedback on this.

Adding a "Properties" item to the context menu seems like a good
idea to me.



   Florian
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