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General => Off Topic => Topic started by: Testlund on December 12, 2006, 03:42:31 PM

Title: Is the main install needed?
Post by: Testlund on December 12, 2006, 03:42:31 PM

There was a discussion awhile ago that the main install whouldn't be needed anymore, so is it safe to uninstall it? Will just the executable be enough?

Title: Is the main install needed?
Post by: Numsgil on December 12, 2006, 04:29:08 PM

You'll want to keep the main install primarily because you can't be sure uninstalling it wouldn't remove the Visual Basic Runtime libraries, and it might decide to remove your folders and such.

Title: Is the main install needed?
Post by: EricL on December 12, 2006, 05:13:09 PM

Right.  I've been chipping away at things, adding code to the mainline exe that creates folders if they don't exist, etc. with an eye towards no longer needing the install some day but I have yet to add the code to install the runtime libraries.

So short answer is yes, you still need the install although if you already have the VB runtime libraries installed and registered on a machine, the naked exe will probably work (though I've done very little testing).  Something for the future.