Windows 11 Pinning a shortcut to the Start menu - Strange Behavior

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Windows 11 with all current updatesI created a shortcut on the desktop that runs a Cygwin-X server. The shortcut target is: C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe --quote /usr/bin/xlaunch.exe -run /home/jim/.xlaunch/jhg.xlaunchDouble-clicking this shortcut has the intended effect, starting Cygwin-X in the background with the settings in the .xlaunch fileThen I pinned the shortcut to the Start Menu. Upon examining the pinned shortcut properties, I find that Windows has changed the target to: C:\cygwin64\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/xlaunch.exewhich does not do what I intended. Question

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