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Old 07-27-2008, 04:17 PM
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Re: PPCKitchen OEM thread

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Originally Posted by justpctech View Post
There is a reason the Yahoo initflash was the way it was. Now you have wasted whatever space those files consume by moving them to the Program Files directory. A lot of apps can be made to run in \Windows, therefore saving space by not having to copy them elsewhere. They all MUST start out in the \Windows directory, then if needed are initflashed elsewhere; leaving the original copy in \Windows. So anything that gets moved out of Windows directory is taking twice the space that the files would normally.
No, I have instructed those files to be moved to the correct place meaning they are no longer in the windows folder. Opening the windows folder can be painfully slow because it is full of files that could be put in their correct places. Program compatibility may also be improved if the files are where they are supposed to be.

Edit: I just double checked and I did use the copy command instead of the move command so yes, there are now two of each file in two different locations. It did leave me with only 85MB of storage space so I think I can live with that. It can still improve program compatibility because it is exactly where the cab file would install it to. For example. AstoGPS Launcher is a very good program for priming the GPS for YahooGo, If I created a shortcut to first start AstroGPS then launch YahooGo then the programs would need to be in the same locations for anyone else to use the same shortcut. I could write a shortcut for finding YahooGo in the windows folder but what if someone has installed YahooGo from a cab or even downloaded the app from the internet and installed it on their PPC, That shortcut would not work. If you adopt the standard naming convention and file structure that the original uses than there is no longer an issue.

Don't look at the Opera Browser initflashfiles.txt file then...initflashfiles.txt

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