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| From | "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: Betterbird Updaters beware |
| Date | 2026-09-18 20:37 +0100 |
| Organization | 255 software |
| Message-ID | <118k3ug$1jvda$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2026/9/18 2:17:15, T wrote: > On 9/17/26 3:22 PM, Paul wrote: >> Another possibility, is you're not installing in C:\Program Files >> and you're installing on D: and you're one of those people 🙂 >> I suppose the NSIS installer tolerates that. Maybe the paths encoded >> in the installer, don't take that possibility into account. > > I run across that all the time. They have a D drive and they > think they can separate things. Oh NONNONONONO. The programmer > may catch it a few times in the installer but they wind up with > somethings on D and most of it on C. > > Just buy a bugger hard drive!!!! I gave up trying to separate OS, prog.s, and data somewhere around '98/XP - basically, when prog.s started scattering bits of themselves all over the place, and replaced .ini files with the abomination that is the registry. (A good idea for things common across lots of software. Not as a place for everything.) You soon fins it's a losing battle. It's also easier to backup/image everything, so in the event of failure you can restore everything back how you had it in just however long it takes to just restore an image - no need to re-install, and then configure, everything individually (even if you remember how to do those elusive settings). It _does_ make some sense, IMO, to have a separate drive/partition for your _data_ (including installer files); apart from anything else a different backup regime can be used, as it tends not to be scattered all over the place. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "... four Oscars, and two further nominations ... On these criteria, he's Britain's most successful film director." Powell or Pressburger? no; Richard Attenborough? no; Nick Park!
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Betterbird Updaters beware Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.co.uk> - 2026-09-17 12:46 +0100
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-09-17 07:41 -0500
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-17 13:43 -0700
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-09-17 18:22 -0400
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-17 18:17 -0700
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-18 20:37 +0100
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2026-09-18 17:00 -0700
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-09-18 09:55 -0500
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware Matthias Czech <matthias.czech@t-online.de> - 2026-09-18 17:06 +0200
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-09-18 10:21 -0500
Re: Betterbird Updaters beware sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-09-18 15:37 -0500
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