Hi Dark,
Actually, you could do the same thing on Windows 7 as XP. Just install
them locally. What I do in cases of say the Kitchensinc games is install
them to
c:\Users\Thomas\Programs\Kitchensinc
and then I don't have to worry about UAC. The reason is that any thing
installed to your local directory has read, write, and execute
privileges without having to run it as an administrator. So what you
want to do is not impossible on Windows 7 as you assume.
For example, if your user name was Dark you could create a directory called
c:\Users\DarkFun Program Files
and install every game you have into that directory. If you want to muck
around with the files and folders you can because its not in a
restricted area. Plus since there is an icon to your home directory on
Windows 7 all you have to do is control-escape, tab to the right pain,
down arrow to the Dark icon, press enter and there is all your personal
directories like My Documents, Downloads, Program Files, whatever you
have in your home directory. By creating a local Program Files for
non-UAC compliant apps you can do anything and everything you normally
do on XP without worrying about UAC causing issues.
Again this is largely a case of misinformation and misunderstanding of
Windows 7. I understand your worries and concerns but Windows 7 is not
the monster you and others make it out to be. Neither is UAC. It just
requires doing things a bit different from the way you have always done
which I think is the real issue here. People are so set in their ways,
so use to doing things one way, that they complain about Windows 7 when
they have to do things a bit differently like install their old games to
a local directory rather than
c:\Program Files
in order to run them with UAC. Its no big deal. However, if people
don't know that then they will run into compatibility issues on Win 7.
Its ignorance of how to get around issues like this more than anything else.
Cheers!
On 3/10/2012 8:03 AM, dark wrote:
Hi Tom.
This makes sense, but once again it sounds like a stupidity of
windows 7 done by microsoft which won't really be of bennifit to most
people.
For instance, I like to personally separate my games, if interpreters
and such frokm important programs like avg, supernova, and any
windows components I need. That way, if I'm testing a game, it
doesn't matter if I have to go into the folder and muck about with
the directory manually, so I have all my games and such installed in
a folder called fun program files.
This would be totally impossible on windows 7, furthermore the uac
would prevent me from mucking about in that folder, copying game
files, such as storing extra rail racer tracks, or copying stuff into
those files.
once again a reason why i really don't want windows 7, ---- even
apart from the interface, ---- and with all the problems I've
mentioned before caused by user account errors on xp, I'm not really
inclined to trust a similar and even more restrictive system on
windows 7.
That's why I personally just have avg antivirus to deal with spyware
and such, and avg pc tuneup to deal with registry errors, junk files,
disk defragging and the like, which seems to work fine.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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