Hi Per,
Well, the great thing about open source projects is that you can fix it,
submit it and we'll make it available to everybody.
Any interest in tackling the problem?
-C
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Chris LeCroy <email@hidden>
QuickTime Streaming Server Engineering
Apple
On 12/19/01 11:32 PM, "Per Bergland" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Just saw that DSS 4 now tries to add paths to the PATH environment variable
> to enable launching of apps without specifying the full path.
>
> This is not "the right way" to do it (I hate apps that do this).
> Instead, you should add one entry for each application in the
> "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\"
> registry path.
> After doing that, you can start apps directly in the Start-Run box, or from
> the command line using the "Start <Appname>" syntax.
>
> The hardcoded "C:\Program Files\" path in the DSS installer should also be
> banned and replaced with something more customizable, e.g. a set
> TargetDir=XXX in the top of the installer batch file, where on W2K and later
> there's even a default PROGRAMFILESDIR environment variable to use.
>
> Just my 20 vre. (20/100 SEK, approx 2 US cents)
>
> Per Bergland
> Carmenta AB - www.carmenta.se
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