Re: Probably no great leap forward?

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

Mike H <postmaster@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk> writes:

> I have a small utility that I use every day for checking my wife's
> Sudoku solutions. It is written in Ada and currently launched from the
> PC command line. The old XP machine is about to be replaced by Windows
> 8. So perhaps this is the time to wrap it in something that will allow
> me to launch from the desk top.

That's what Windows shortcuts do.

I have not used Windows 8, but I understand it has a "classic" mode that
has a Desktop similar to Windows 7. In there, right click on the
desktop, select New | Shortcut, follow the wizard.

If you need options on the command line: after the wizard completes,
right click on the shortcut, select Properties, and edit the "Target"
field to add the options.

There's probably a similar process to create a tile in the Metro
interface.

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