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Punk Srv
Punk Srv

Reputation: 9

Atom software after installing not creating shortcut

After downloading the setup of atom ide I tried to install and turn the antivirus off and it did get install but, it's not creating shortcut so that I can close and open the software again..after closing the software if I try to open it, it again asks to install the software..please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 64

Answers (1)

Monu Rohilla
Monu Rohilla

Reputation: 665

Steps to Reproduce

0.Download and install Atom

1.Acknowledge and close the welcome window

2.Go to the start menu and wonder why Atom is not there

3.Go to C:\users\me\ .atom\ and wonder why atom.exe is not there

4.Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\ and wonder why atom.exe is not there

5.Go to Control Panel >> uninstall a program, and wonder why atom.exe is there

6.Restart computer

Repeat steps 2 through 6

for better reference, you can follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4liFqsK9nM

Another solution if you have installed atom in your system already:

To make Atom recognized as a program in the command line you can try this:

  • Open cmd.exe
  • Navigate to the Atom install folder using cd %LOCALAPPLDATA%\atom
  • Run atom --squirrel-updated

Upvotes: 0

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