I installed the final version of Office 2007 this morning and when the installer finished I was actually quite impressed – it was the first Windows install I’ve done in ages that hasn’t taken the liberty to install a shortcut in my quick launch bar. Sadly, Outlook is one of the very few programs that I actually want in my quick launch bar so I went and added it myself. I thought, I’ll have to blog that – “Thumbs Up For Office 2007 Install”.

Then I tried out my shiny new Outlook quick launch button, Outlook came up and promptly installed a second shortcut in my quick launch bar. Sigh. Hence the new title is now “Thumbs Down For Office 2007 Install”. If you think I want a link in my quick launch then put it there before I’ve already put it there myself.

The one good thing I can say is that it didn’t add a shortcut to my desktop which is better than most Windows installers.