Start8 Bug/Issue

    I am a registered (paid my $4.99) user of Start8 version 1.03 (running on Windows 8 Pro).  I found a strange bug/issue in version 1.03.  If you install the latest version of EasyBCD (version 2.2) from http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ , Start8 shows the "EasyBCD 2.2" shortcut installed by EasyBCD as "EasyBCD 2" .  In other words, it truncates the ".2".  In the file system, the shortcut really is called "EasyBCD 2.2" (the .lnk file is called "EasyBCD 2.2.lnk").  See below from a CMD command prompt (using the "dir" command):

 

 Directory of C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\NeoSmart Technologies\EasyBCD

11/17/2012  02:02 PM    <DIR>          .

11/17/2012  02:02 PM    <DIR>          ..

11/15/2012  11:00 PM             1,245 EasyBCD 2.2.lnk

11/15/2012  11:00 PM               338 Online Documentation.lnk

11/15/2012  11:00 PM             1,071 Uninstall EasyBCD.lnk

                        3 File(s)          2,654 bytes               

                        2 Dir(s)  113,391,636,480 bytes free

 

 

This shows the EasyBCD Start Menu--the "EasyBCD 2.2.lnk" shortcut shows up as "EasyBCD 2.2" in Windows Explorer (as it should) and "EasyBCD 2" in Start8 (this is the bug/issue).  I know the truncation of "EasyBCD 2.2" to "EasyBCD 2" is not an intended feature of Start8.  Could this be fixed in a future release?  I just found out that the "EasyBCD 2" shown by Start8 changes to the correct "EasyBCD 2.2" once it is clicked.  I'd still like to see this bug/issue fixed in a future release.

 

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Someone else reported something similar with an additional dot in the shortcut name.

We will see about addressing this for the next update.