Re: Run programs from CD instead of HD?

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Interesting that your posting in the past

"Conor" <conor.turton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f774299f3d47705989841@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <OvUQFXk2GHA.1304@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marek Kalisz
says...
I have several utility programs (file recovery, repair, etc.). All are
legal
with setup files, installation codes, etc. Each one takes HD space,
expands
registry (I guess) and - beeing there all time, unused - is slowing up
system. I'm thinking about movinge those (install to run when I might
need
them) to CDs.
Any ideas (even general) how to approach this?
Marek Kalisz



Rewrite the installer so that it points the registry entries to the
CDROM drive. Also you'll need to rewrite the application so that it
knows that certain files which it needs to write to are located in a
different directory to the one you've installed it to.

And they don't slow up the system unless they're running in the
background.
--
Conor

I'm really a nice guy. If I had friends, they would tell you.


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