I love what few programs are not tied to paths...completely installed and
running all in one folder.  I keep my mom on Eudora for this reason.  The
only other program I can think of off the top of my head is unreal
tournament.

Mike

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >When you start up an application in Windows, the operating system needs
> >to know where to find the various components. If you happen to locate
> >some components in other than the default locations,
>
> Studying many years in the school of hard knocks I have found that
> locating any components in other than the default locations is asking for
> trouble. All too often some idiot program will hard code the path,
> causing the user great pain.
>
> Before OS X, Mac users would laugh about this Windows-only problem. Now
> in the land of Unix the best advice for OS X users is the same...
>
> Never move any application-related files from default locations.
>
> Never rename any application-related directories from default names.
>
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