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Aandi Inston wrote:
> PDFWriter has to be installed into system folders.
> Acrobat does install to Common Files (which cannot be redirected in the installer).
>  I find the Program Files\Manufacturer name\Product name structure works

Hi Aandi,

Thank you for your response. I'm ok with PDF conversion programs
installing into the Windows system folders as they are not "normally"
something the user is supposed to organize. However, the "program
files" folder starts off in such a disorganized mess that I don't know
anyone who understands it fully and completely.

The common files location really belongs in the Windows folder. Unless
I missed the point totally of "common files", how does what goes in
there any different than the miriad of common files which also go into
the Windows system folders?

In stark contrast, my thoughtful C:\My Programs is organized such that
it matches FIVE other hierarchies perfectly!

1. The hierarchical structure in "My Programs" is the same in my Start
Menu (I gave up trying to organize the main start menu so I created a
"My Programs" shortcut hierarchy above it that I control.

2. The hierarchical structure in "My Programs" is the same in "My
Application Data". Instead of the jumbled mess that Microsoft supplies,
the "My Application Data" simply uses the same hierarchy as "My
Programs".

3. Likewise with "My Installers". I save every installer in a hierarchy
that exactly matches the hierarchy they will be installed into.

4. Same with the "Send To" menu (although for some programs, you'd
never want to send data to it via this method). Still, it's refreshing
that on PC after PC, I enjoy the same well organized hierarchically
thoughtful locations, time after time.

5. All of the above hierarchies all exactly match that of "My
Programs".

Anyway, I DO appreciate the response and the thoughtful information and
I will try to be courteous and thoughtful in all my replies too!

Susan