But there are a few advantages to having an installer. First, if an application isn't listed in the add/remove program dialog and you don't use it very often, you might forget it's there at all and never get around to deleting it. Second, you have to create folders for all of your executable applications and add shortcuts to the Windows start menu manually. Or you could use ZipInstaller.
This little executable will automatically move any executable file to the folder of your choice, add an entry to add/remove, create an uninstaller application, and add a shortcut to your start menu. Best of all? ZipInstaller comes as an executable file, so we were able to test it out by installing ZipInstaller. Not only did a shortcut pop up in the Windows start menu, but now we can also launch ZipInstaller using keyboard application launcher Launchy.
[via Freeware Genius]
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3-26-2008 @ 9:23PM
BurningChicken said...
Just something that popped into my head...
Really, any self-respecting computer user should know what is installed (or residing in a directory) on their computer, so this notion of forgetting what software you have installed on your computer is silly. If you're running around, installing things willy-nilly, stop.
I can see how someone might need a piece of software for a specific task, but once that task is completed, delete the software if you don't need it. It's not tough to hit the delete key or select the directory->right click->delete (unless you're installing software that flings itself to the four corners of your harddrive... in which case, what are you doing with *that* piece of software?).
It's not that hard to create a folder and create a shortcut.
Having said all that, I can certainly appreciate a guy's (or group of guys') efforts to write a piece of software to make life easier.
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3-26-2008 @ 9:24PM
Hany Hanna said...
This is supposed to be a good thing? I also prefer portable applications....so I made a C:/Portable folder and put them all there. Can't lose track of them that way. If I need a shortcut, I drag to Quicklaunch or Rocketdock hidden on the right. Seems to me that making start menu shortcuts and entries in the add/remove programs defeats the purpose of maintaining a clean, lean machine.
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4-05-2008 @ 2:13PM
charlesandrew99 said...
intaller
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