Respectfully, I understand I can do that. That's not the concern. There are no instructions and no warning or notification that this is intentionally left behind, that I am aware of. As a result its taking up huge disk resources. This is especially problematic on SSD drives since they tend to be much smaller than the average HD drives at 1TB. With multiple downloaded installs disk space starts disappearing at a rapid rate and there is no "apparent" cause.
In whatever case, it's poor etiquette. How much trouble would it be to delete it at the end of the install process or at a minimum warn the user in the last dialog of the install that it is there and that it can be deleted at will without harming the proper install. If it needs to remain or is advantageous to remain so be it, but some instructions and explanation as to why would be useful. To be fair, Autodesk isn't the only offender here. The Adobe downloads are left behind as well. So while one developer might think it's a harmless practice to leave 10GB of useless data on someone's hard drive, cumulatively it is a real problem. -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: autodesk install housekeeping Instead of delete you can just move it to some install folder for later use if needed so no need to create that folder again just start installer straight from that folder :) On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Angus Davidson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Stephen It definitely left the download folder on my machine (this was both for the Softimage standalone and the full suite) This was using the DL manager (which works really well, even on my crappy connection) Kind regards Angus ________________________________ From: Stephen Blair [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: 17 April 2013 03:58 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: autodesk install housekeeping Totally safe. In fact, iirc, the new download manager does all that behind the scenes (extracts, installs, and then removes) On 17/04/2013 9:50 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote: Every time I install Autodesk software it leaves behind a folder in C:/Autodesk with a lot of stuff that looks like installer content. Does anyone know if this stuff is safe to delete or remove? Are there any adverse effects in getting rid of it? -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
