Re: Download To Desktop
From: Mario Berger (no_damned_spam_at_nospam.no)
Date: 01/04/05
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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:25:12 -0900
John Gregory wrote:
> This concerns a program I downloaded to my desktop but didn't install;
> Thunderbird - an email program by Mozilla. First, I was surprised it
> downloaded to the desktop without asking where I wanted it.
If you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser, that is its default
behaviour. You can change it by editing the preferences in "Edit -->
Preferences --> Downloads".
> I was given two
> options: Install or Remove. I chose Remove. The file went away but the
> window remained open giving me an option at the bottom to Close. I closed it
> and was surprised to find the icon on my desktop. I highlighted it and found
> it contained slightly less than the size the program was reported to be;
> exactly the size, however, if I roughed to a whole number.
I don't know about the installatoin behaviour, but the size issue is
merely a mathematical issue, since for example 2,048kb are exactly 2mb,
but also 2,050kb or 2,046 will report as 2.0mb in the Windows Explorer.
> Thinking I missed something about in the download instructions, I repeated
> the process and decided to let the download complete again to the desktop. I
> ended up with TWO icons. I deleted one and left the other. NETHER of these
> two were "installed".
Well, you downloaded two setup programs of the same application to your
dektop, so now there are these two files on the desktop.
> I just ran a search for "thunderbird" and found the desktop entry, a Recycle
> bin entry, three Temporary Internet Files, three mozilla entries identified
> simply as "mozilla (www.mozilla.org)" , one "texturizer (texturizer.net)"
> and one "Windows\Prefetch" entry. All these entries appear to be preceded by
> either a dot, a apostrophe, or pipe "|"... but not as long. I have no idea
> what those little marks mean that precede everything.
Files in the Temporary Internet Files usually have strange filenames. I
wouldn't worry about them. You seem to have visited the sites
mozilla.com and texturizer.net, which are both official and safe sites.
> I could use some comforting that I haven't screened anything up here as well
> as some instructions for getting rid of the icon that's armed to begin the
> setup routine.
Just right click the remaining icon on the desktop and choose delete, it
should then be deposited in the Recycle Bin (which you could then empty).
> I've read more about the email program and don't think I want
> to tackle it at this point. Outlook "ain't broke" yet so ... why fix it!
It depends on how you see "Outlook ain't broke". It surely works fine,
but it has lots of security issues, and Thunderbird is commonly
considered the more stable and safe choice.
HTH,
~Mik
-- "The geek shall inherit the earth." -- Rainer Wolfcastle in "Undercover Nerd"
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