Re: VFP Updates?

Al,
Thanks for the support. I install the uninstall in the same folders
subfolder and use that uninstall program to uninstall it. Sometimes the MS
uninstall just does not do it and sometimes removes files you need
elsewhere. I know that all the files I need are in my folder and when it
gets uninstalled I have no worry about removing some file that MAYBE others
are using.
Not only that the user can just delete the entire folder if they want and
that will get rid of it. No unwanted files left hanging around in the
register that you need cleaners to get rid of. This just leaves to many
files that are not needed or you do you even know why they are there.
Tony

"Al Marino" <almarino_AT_intelliform.net> wrote in message
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I wholeheartedly agree !
we do the same
the only use we have for the Registry is to save the location on install
for uninstall and so that upgrade is a nobrainer for our users

we even advise users to backup the entire directory where installed on a
CD so that years later they can run from the CD itself (readonly) no
matter what program or data changes have happened since the backup

my 2c
al


"TonySper" <tsperduti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Craig,
I feel that this is the reason that some people dislike Vista and are now
not liking MS and going to the Mac. They have so many safe guards that
the user has a hard time doing what they want with the computer. The user
should run the computer not the computer run the user. Why do you even
have a register??? Why does MS track everything you do so that someone
can get into your computer and see what you have done?? If they did not
do this maybe others would not want to hack into your computer in the
first place. There is no reason to track every site that you visit and
log all you have done for weeks at a time. The way I load a program the
user can remove it and put it anyplace they want. My hang-up now is that
I have a lot of user that want to go to the Mac and my VFP will not run
on the Mac unless you have a dual operating system.
Tony

"Craig Berntson" <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've never said your exe will get infected, only that if it does, you
may take the blame from your customers.

There is also another way to look at this...Microsoft has been saying
for years that we should run as Standard User on XP. They simply
enforced it on Vista. Rather than fight the way things are on Vista,
there's no reason that we can't use the system as designed. My policy is
that I never use applications that don't install "correctly" (meaning in
Program Files) unless required to do so by my employer. There are none
like that on my personal PC.

--

Craig Berntson
Microsoft MVP

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"TonySper" <tsperduti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Craig,
You may be correct in what you are promoting. I have over 1000 users
using my apps installed on servers in separate folders and so far I may
just be lucky but after 12 years of running this way I have had very
small problems. Very easy to backup and I also allow the user to put
the app on flash drives and they can put it into any computer and run
the apps off of the flash drives. I think to many people are afraid
that the users will give the apps to there friends and not purchase
them and that is why they are so protective of the apps and scatter
them around and fool with the register. I have found that if you allow
good users to load and unload and save the folders the way they want to
you have very small problems. Anyway I may just be lucky but I am not
about to tell all these users that they can't run the apps the way they
have been.
Tony







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