Windows Vista - Opinion Piece

	The more I delve in to this operating system, the more I am convinced it's a joke, not fit for any purpose other than being derided and pilloried. This next flaw is so glaringly stupid that it's almost impossible to believe it was never picked up. No other flaw in Windows Vista exemplifies the sheer sloppiness, which this OS will become famous for, as this flaw. The two side by side shots below show the General and Shortcut property pages for a typical shortcut:



	The Shortcut tab (left) shows the Target field, which points to the item that the shortcut represents. In this case, the target is notepad. The General tab (right) shows the label displayed by the shortcut. When you change the value of the label on the General tab and click OK or Apply, the label displayed by the shortcut changes, which is as we would expect. So far so good. The two shortcut property pages are shown here so you can compare the contents with the property pages of an item pinned to the Start menu, which is seen on the next page. The problem we're looking at here is with pinned applications. As many users would be aware, there any number of applications that don't need an installer; all that is necessary is to copy the files to a directory and, perhaps create a shortcut. Watch what happens when you pin one of those types of applications to the Start menu:

	Step 1: Right click and select Pin to Start Menu:



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