Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 08:57:15 10/31/01
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On October 31, 2001 at 11:15:09, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>I don't like install programs. Once you run install, if you delete something, >>uninstall goes bonkers. I'd *much* rather do it myself. Microsoft's Add/Remove >>programs thingy is one of the most annoying and stupid parts of all the Win32 >>operating systems. > >"This program has cluttered your windows\system directory with a boatload of >crap that's however sometime essential to run your OS and sometimes not. Would >you like to uninstall this program and be sure we leave the unessential dung and >remove or mutilate the essential files?" What I like is the catch-22: 1. "Windows cannot install this program until you remove the previous version." 2. "Windows cannot remove this program. Please insert the installation disk." The Windows installer is the biggest hunk of junk ever foisted upon the poor, ususpecting public. "The users are idiots. Let's protect them from theirselves." Unfortunately, it appears that the Windows installer designers were even bigger idiots. Don't get me wrong. I like a lot of Microsoft's stuff -- despite the incredible popularity of MS-bashing. But the installer has never been anything but pure irritation for me.
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