darktable windows insider program 8/24

Here’s the link to the latest weekly build of darktable 4.9, Dropbox. The list of latest changes is at Comparing d5f30e39a3…93903b0931 darktable-org/darktable · GitHub

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Something interesting here, but I don’t know if it means anything. The installer put the app shortcut in the usual system Start Menu folder (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\darktable):

But when I go to that folder via the Start Menu, it’s not there:

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However, searching for ‘darktable’ finds it locally:

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This is patched Windows 11 Home 23H2, with no suspicious recent updates.

The reason I mention this is I’ve run across another app that does a similar thing, except it’s just a single shortcut (visually) missing from the Start Menu, not the whole folder. Also that app (Spyder X Pro) has ceased to auto-launch after boot, although it runs normally when manually fired up.

Has Microsoft changed something that’s impacting visibility / security?

Curiously if I move the darktable menu folder to my user start menu folder (C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs) it shows up in the Start menu as expected.

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Permissions issue maybe?