On 22/01/2014 13:00, Joe Taylor wrote:
Further to Joe's reply, a couple more points.
Hi Chuck and all,
GM from icy NJ, with temperature 8 F and a foot of new snow overnight.
On 1/22/2014 7:32 AM, Charles Yahrling wrote:
attached is the txt of the section 3. I'm curious to know why we suggest
using the default install directory c:\wsjtx instead of the traditional
c;\Program FIles\wsjtx.
The program writes logs, saved *.wav files, wsjtx.ini, and other
things in the installation directory. (Some further details can be
found at the bottom of page 25 in the online User's Guide.) By
default, Vista and later versions of Windows don't give ordinary users
write permission in subdirectories of "C:\Program Files".
Installing software into "\Program Files" or "\Program Files (x86)" that
is not specifically designed to be installed there usually leads to a
whole lot of issues. The reason is that software that resides there is
may not write to the install directory without elevated privileges
(WSJT-X does write to its install directory), that in turn means that
other software cannot interact with the installed program without itself
having elevated privileges. This knock on effect is highly undesirable
as running programs with elevated privileges is inherently dangerous
since it introduces an opportunity for a spoof program to take over the
operating system and should only be done with care if the program
absolutely needs elevated privileges to do its work. None of the WSJT
group of programs, to my knowledge, require elevated privileges.
Also,
since removing is a simple matter of deleting the wsjtx directory,
does it
follow that no other windows config changes such as registry
manipulation
are performed during the install?
Yes.
This is not quite true, the installer for WSJT-X does write to the
registry to record the uninstall details. Although no harm will come by
deleting the install directory, it is best to check if there is an
uninstall entry available via the "Control Panel" and use that to remove
software to achieve the cleanest uninstall behaviour.
-- Joe, K1JT
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