Re: WISH: SELF-REPAIRING APPLICATIONS

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From: Dave Shea
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00

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I have a feeling you probably just did.  The cross-posting was completely
unneccessary, however.

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wingsley@penn.com wrote in message ...
>One issue I'm dealing with in my Adobe applications is how
>to handle all the patches Adobe puts in my System folder if
>I decide to clean-install a newer version of the MacOS. This
>is becoming a serious issue. Major software vendors' apps
>put so much junk into the System folder that a clean install of
>the MacOS can cause a royal headache.
>
>Maybe Adobe should follow Microsoft's lead and make all of
>its programs into "self-repairing applications." That is, if
>the System folder patches are lost/damaged in a new OS
>install, or the application itself is damaged, a compressed
>Installer file on the hard disk will re-install/"repair" the
>original application.
>
>Does anyone know where to give this kind of feedback to Adobe?

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From: "Dave Shea" <dave_shea@mindless.RemoveThis.com>
Subject: Re: WISH: SELF-REPAIRING APPLICATIONS
Date: 1999/08/08
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