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02-27-2011, 03:55 AM
I'm installing Cakewalk Sonar (not a Setupbuilder install).

They have you download a 2.5 gig .exe and a 2.5 gig .rar file.

The setup then extracts itself and the .rar to a folder in preparation
for the actual setup.

Then it installs from that temp folder to the final destination.

I'm guessing it's going to eat up over 20 gigs and probably won't
clean up that temp folder.

I've had similar behavior with Sony products and other music related
stuff.

I'm sure that giant setups are a whole new animal, but it seems they
could make good use of Setupbuilder and streamline the install (in
addition to saving space)


Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com
www.twitter.com/jslarve

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02-27-2011, 03:55 AM
> I'm sure that giant setups are a whole new animal, but it seems they
> could make good use of Setupbuilder and streamline the install (in
> addition to saving space)

In the future, all installers are SetupBuilder...

:-)

Charles


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02-27-2011, 03:56 AM
Do they come with an enchirito?

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com
www.twitter.com/jslarve

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02-27-2011, 03:56 AM
> Do they come with an enchirito?

The magic is in the secret sauce<g>.

Charles


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Charles Edmonds
www.clarionproseries.com - "Get ProPath, make your Clarion programs ready
for Windows 7 and Vista!"
www.ezchangelog.com - "Free ChangeLog software to manage your projects!"
www.setupcast.com - "A revolutionary new publishing system for software
developers - enhanced for SetupBuilder users!"
www.pagesnip.com - "Print and Save the Web, just the way you want it!"
www.clarionproseries.com - "Serious tools for Clarion Developers"
www.ezround.com - "Round Corner HTML tables with matching Banners, Buttons
and Forms - Now with PNG support!
www.lansrad.com - "Intelligent Solutions for Universal Problems"
www.fotokiss.com - "World's Best Auction Photo Editor"
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