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echo: nthelp
to: Geo
from: Mike N.
date: 2005-01-08 12:09:28
subject: Re: Machinename, Username the Same?

From: Mike N. 

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:22:52 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>And the fix for the ones that weren't and aren't being maintained anymore
>is?

   I've visited this  one many times: install them in their own root
directory and have them access files only in non-spaced directories.  In
some cases,  a SUBST drive helps out.

>It would have been just as proper to call the directory
"Programs" instead
>of "Program Files".

   I think they were just trying to force the issue of supporting long
filenames.   I install everything in 'Programs' myself just to minimize the
size of the registry:  think 27,000 registry entries multiplied by the
difference in number of characters X 2 for Unicode.

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