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Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!

by Adam <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 6, 2008 at 03:43 PM

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:17:34 -0800 (PST), carlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>You only have to install it in a folder in root directory

Is a root directory of a mapped (or SUBSTed) drive okay, or must it be
the root of a physical drive?

I install programs in a separate folder (which has a SUBSTed drive
letter) because:
1.  It is easier to access at a DOS prompt because there are no spaces
in the path name.
2.  To segregate things that I install from the preinstalled junk (in
the "Program Files" folder) which I might remove someday.  Over time,
Windows tends to ac***ulate a larger haystack around the needles which
I might want to find.  Keeping the preinstalled junk in its own
haystack might make it easier to identify and deal with later.


> I know you take issue with this approach but I take issue with
>Microsoft's approach.

Ditto.  Several of their approaches.

Good reading:
http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/dll_article.html
	No application should assume that it can copy DLLs 
	into the system directory


Adam

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[ANN]Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-01-05 16:17:21 
Re: [ANN]Run BASIC v1.0 released!
Happy Trails <nomail@[  2008-01-06 10:20:49 
Re: [ANN]Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"John Fredrickson&qu  2008-01-06 02:48:44 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-01-05 20:43:08 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
Happy Trails <nomail@[  2008-01-06 15:55:54 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
Stefan Pendl <stefan.p  2008-01-07 23:00:16 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-01-05 20:45:46 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-01-06 03:03:28 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-01-06 11:17:34 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
Adam <no@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-01-06 15:43:25 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-01-06 14:49:45 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-01-06 15:49:04 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
Eric <englere_geo@[EMA  2008-01-15 09:31:30 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
Jon Ripley <no.more@[E  2008-01-15 20:34:54 
Re: Run BASIC v1.0 released!
"Auric__" <n  2008-01-15 21:41:54 

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