WISH: SELF-REPAIRING APPLICATIONS

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2 total messages Started by wingsley Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00

#31

Author: 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I decide to clean-install a newer version of the MacOS.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?

Re: WISH: SELF-REPAIRING APPLICATIONS

#32

Author: 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I decide to clean-install a newer version of the MacOS.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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