Unexpected default install location

Ralf Habacker ralf.habacker at freenet.de
Sat Aug 16 22:42:18 CEST 2008


Chris January schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I downloaded kdewin-installer-gui-latest.exe dated 09-Aug-2008 from
> http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/installer/ (version 0.9.2).
>
> After clicking Next > on the first screen the installer prompted me
> for an Installation Directory. The default directory was:
> C:\PROGRA~1\Stardock\OBJECT~1\DESKSC~1
>
> This struck me as rather strange - KDE is not a Stardock project!
>
> I uninstalled Stardock Deskscapes, rebooted and ran the installer
> again. This time the default directory was:
> C:\Windows\system32
>
> This is the default working directory for elevated processes. My guess
> it that the installer is using the working directory as the default
> install location, rather than C:\Program Files\KDE that the code
> suggests its meant to be.
>   
Thanks for this pointer - this issue is already fixed in svn and will be 
available in the next release 0.9.3

Regards

Ralf



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