Re: inuse.exe - How to I distribute it legally?

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All inuse.exe actually does is to make some entries in the registry that
cause files to be moved on the next boot. Why not make the entries
directly in your install program and avoid the EULA issue entirely?


mink <mink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello, everyone.

> I'm thinking of calling inuse.exe from a batch file that's incorporated in
> an exe created by InstallShield. To allow the batch file to call inuse.exe
> successfully, a copy of inuse.exe is copied to a user's machine temporary,
> and when the batch file execution is done, inuse.exe is deleted permanently.

> My concern is insue.exe has its EULA that the user of inuse has to agree it.
> If some other people that uses my InstallShield created exe, they would not
> know inuse.exe has been utilized. If they don't know, how do they consent to
> the EULA?

> Can someone enlight me on this concern? I've tried to search for the
> information that says other people, who can run my Install/Uninstall EXE, do
> not have to consent, or is given consent automatically as soon as they run my
> EXE, but no avail.

> TIA.


> Min.

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Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio
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