This is a wee (way?) bit off topic, so please indulge me. It seems that, nowadays, we tend to clamor for applications that DON'T touch the Windoze registry. I know I am more willing to try out an application that doesn't touch the registry. What did the registry really buy us besides utter frustration if/when the registry ever got corrupted? Or having to manually edit the cryptic registry because the uninstall program didn't work? (That's happened to me more times than I want to remember.)
The other, somewhat related, thing I've never figured out is why applications that supply their own DLL's, that no other app will ever use or know about, have to put those DLLs in the Windows folder? Why don't they just keep it in their own folder? Is this all strictly a Windoze "feature"? Or do other OS's have to deal with this, too? - Dan Bale (I am *NOT* "Dale" http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200105/msg00281.html ) SAMSA, Inc. 989-790-0507 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Klement Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] Binary Dist (setup program) for Win32 On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Martin Rowe wrote: > > Scott > > I don't think it behaves like a real Windows app - it didn't even require > one reboot, let alone the usual five, to get it installed ;-) True, it also doesn't install any DLL's in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM, and it doesn't modify the registry. This means that it's much less likely to create conflicts with existing software, or make the system crash. Clearly, we'll have to work on requiring reboots, corrupting the registry and breaking other software compatability in the next release -- otherwise Windows users won't take us seriously. <snip> _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.
