WISH: SELF-REPAIRING APPLICATIONS

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From: wingsley
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00

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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I decide to clean-install a newer version of the MacOS.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: wingsley@penn.com
Subject: WISH: SELF-REPAIRING APPLICATIONS
Date: 1999/08/08
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