sean
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Stupid user unfriendly rubbish...What's the point in letting you install something, then telling you you can't use it? Surely it can't be beyond the wit of man to tell you it won't work right at the beginning.
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jema
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What is the point of a long file copy and paste operation that will wait 20 minutes before spotting a duplicate file conflict, and then sit there with a prompt whihc you won't see for ages as you had left it to get on with it.
jema
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sean
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Fortunately mine was a Thomas the Tank Engine CD-ROM, so not all that critical, but still annoying.
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bagpuss
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jema wrote: | What is the point of a long file copy and paste operation that will wait 20 minutes before spotting a duplicate file conflict, and then sit there with a prompt whihc you won't see for ages as you had left it to get on with it.
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that is was -f is for to just blat straight over these things without asking (in unix/linux of course)
as far as the install goes thats bad software design any install should check system reqs as soon as possible and stop not after lots of things have already been done. Doesnt stop it being terribly irriating though
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jema
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bagpuss wrote: | jema wrote: | What is the point of a long file copy and paste operation that will wait 20 minutes before spotting a duplicate file conflict, and then sit there with a prompt whihc you won't see for ages as you had left it to get on with it.
jema |
that is was -f is for to just blat straight over these things without asking (in unix/linux of course)
as far as the install goes thats bad software design any install should check system reqs as soon as possible and stop not after lots of things have already been done. Doesnt stop it being terribly irriating though |
A lot of the problem with installers is that they are a project in themselves and the popular installer installshield at least up until V5 which is what I have, is actually pretty crap.
jema
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bagpuss
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yep that is often the problem with bits of software which no one really wants to write or doesn't have the time to write a 3rd party software has to be used and in the end it doesn't really do what you want it too
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High Green Farm
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Got the same problem with a Balamory CD that I bought for my daughters for Christmas. It seemed to work the first time I used it, now it won't run the main application file (Macromedia .exe file I think)
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sean
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Ours works on everything except my wife's laptop, which says you can't use it because you installed SP2.
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