> Errm, is it really necessary to use 8.3 paths anywhere in communication
> between 32-bit programs. When the path to the .exe contains spaces, put
> it into "" marks.

It's easier to convert a path to short filenames than it is to see if the
path contains any spaces or path components with longer than 8.3 characters
and conditionally wrap it in quotes.  I could always wrap it in quotes, of
course, but from my experience with other installer-builders (most notably
Wise) converting to short filenames is the most bullet proof.

> What do you do if someone installs the file to an UNC path in the
> network? There are no 8.3 names available for those (although I guess
> NSIS will prevent that anyway)

I have no idea but it's a good point.

> yep, they did. But there is a new problem: I installed Freenet into a
> new dir, and now my seed nodes are empty...
> I was not asked to dl new ones, i did not get an error messages, simply:
> i don't have seed nodes...

This suggests the installer isn't running NodeConfig.exe after installation.
It ought to do this, it may be that I missed that part out when I ported to
the modern ui.  I'll have a look and put it in if it's missing.

> when opening the config tool (to get seed nodes) i noticed you could
> hide the java window there as well (or use javaw.)

I'm not sure what you mean.

> And, it seemed that "update snapdhot" requires some more "Next"s now -
> so nothing for a scheduled task any more. (I wanted to double check with
> the old "Update snapshot.exe", but that has been removed. So i'm not
> sure if the old one really worked without any clicks. However, one
> without clicks would be nice.)

The UpdateSnapshot link points to the local copy of freenet-webinstall.exe.
They are one and the same, and they should be, too.  An 'automatic download'
installation mode and a corresponding command-line switch to
freenet-webinstall.exe would make things smoother I think.

NB - I seem to be having problems with freenetproject.org/snapshots.  Anyone
have any ideas?  If I use WinSCP to transfer the file, and then transfer it
back, I get back the same file I uploaded, however the file I get from
http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet.exe doesn't match.
freenet-webinstall.exe doesn't seem to be affected, only freenet.exe.  Could
it be a problem with the web server, or am I missing some flag for the files
I upload?  Perhaps files are being uploaded as ASCII rather than binary?

d


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