Temporarily deactivate Start Menu shortcut move code in light of unresolved issues.

chrome/installer/setup/install.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/installer/setup/install.h"
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
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   if (shortcut_operation == ShellUtil::SHELL_SHORTCUT_CREATE_ALWAYS ||
       shortcut_operation ==
           ShellUtil::SHELL_SHORTCUT_CREATE_IF_NO_SYSTEM_LEVEL) {
     start_menu_properties.set_pin_to_taskbar(!do_not_create_taskbar_shortcut);
   }
 
   // The attempt below to update the stortcut will fail if it does not already
   // exist at the expected location on disk.  First check if it exists in the
   // previous location (under a subdirectory) and, if so, move it to the new
   // location.
-  base::FilePath old_shortcut_path;
-  ShellUtil::GetShortcutPath(
+  // base::FilePath old_shortcut_path;
+  // ShellUtil::GetShortcutPath(
+  //     ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_CHROME_DIR_DEPRECATED, dist,
+  //     shortcut_level, &old_shortcut_path);
+  // if (base::PathExists(old_shortcut_path)) {
+  //   ShellUtil::MoveExistingShortcut(
+  //       ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_CHROME_DIR_DEPRECATED,
+  //       ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_ROOT,
+  //       dist, start_menu_properties);
+  // }
+
+  // ExecuteAndLogShortcutOperation(
+  //     ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_ROOT, dist,
+  //     start_menu_properties, shortcut_operation);
+
+  // TODO(bcwhite): Reactivate the code above and remove this when we figure out
+  // the cause of http://crbug.com/548964 and http://crbug.com/548965.
+  ExecuteAndLogShortcutOperation(
       ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_CHROME_DIR_DEPRECATED, dist,
-      shortcut_level, &old_shortcut_path);
-  if (base::PathExists(old_shortcut_path)) {
-    ShellUtil::MoveExistingShortcut(
-        ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_CHROME_DIR_DEPRECATED,
-        ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_ROOT,
-        dist, start_menu_properties);
-  }
-
-  ExecuteAndLogShortcutOperation(
-      ShellUtil::SHORTCUT_LOCATION_START_MENU_ROOT, dist,
       start_menu_properties, shortcut_operation);
 }
 
 void RegisterChromeOnMachine(const installer::InstallerState& installer_state,
                              const installer::Product& product,
                              bool make_chrome_default) {
   DCHECK(product.is_chrome());
 
   // Try to add Chrome to Media Player shim inclusion list. We don't do any
   // error checking here because this operation will fail if user doesn't
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   // Read master_preferences copied beside chrome.exe at install.
   MasterPreferences prefs(installation_root.AppendASCII(kDefaultMasterPrefs));
   base::FilePath chrome_exe(installation_root.Append(kChromeExe));
   CreateOrUpdateShortcuts(
       chrome_exe, chrome, prefs, CURRENT_USER, install_operation);
 
   UpdateDefaultBrowserBeaconForPath(chrome_exe);
 }
 
 }  // namespace installer