Bug in all Adobe Reader Updates.

Recently i have take notice of a bug in all the updates i get of Adobe Reader.
When i first installed Adobe Reader i think i can remember choosing not to create a desktop shortcut.
But whenever Adobe Reader updates, a desktop shortcut is created!
Now, as i have chosen not to have the shortcut, the fact that one is created with every single update, must clearly be a bug.
None of my other applications does this.
Is it possible with a fix? or does Adobe go the way of so many other software developers does? "It's not a bug, It's a feature!"
(bah! this was not supposed to be marked as a question, just a bit of a rant, but i'm new to the forums, so i didn't notice the option)
Message was edited by: Rofleman

Thank you for the correction.
Been a while since i did a proper install of Reader. Mostly just do silent push install on our clients.
Still don't think it is correct of the bug/update to create a desktop shortcut though...
If someone want the desktop shortcut, they most likely will have it on the desktop allready, and those who doesn't have it on the desktop, are those who have removed it, and thus most likely doesn't want it back.
So not adding the desktop shortcut would actually shrink the size of the update. Not by much, but that is irrelevant.
It's a useless thing, that doesn't need to be there.

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