[Virtualacorn-list] VA on Windows 8 - CAUTION

[David J. Ruck]

On 24/12/2012 05:56, Dave Symes wrote:
> On all my MS-Win computers, the only Apps I install in Program Files are
> anything MS or System related, everything else is installed in my own
> directory called "Apps"  that's C:\Apps\ and that does include VRPC.

Then you are in for a whole world of hurt.

> As Alan has mentioned, things installed outside of Program Files live in a
> different Universe, permission wise.

Exactly.

If there is one thing I've learnt from 20 years of struggling with 
Windows, it is; do not try to make it work the way you want it to, it 
only works the way it wants to.


> *Most* app installers either have a button to change the path during the
> install process, or you can edit the path in the writable manually during
> the install.

Never try to install applications outside of the Program Files 
directory, even if the installer offers you that option. I don't care 
how much you protest that it works for you, at some point you will have 
a problem, and the reason will be that you thought you knew better than 
Windows - well you don't, no one does. Either let Windows do what 
Windows wants, or use something else!

Cheers
---David
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