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From: leonardr@svc.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Stuffit Deluxe: Off on the wrong foot
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.171529.15907@svc.portal.com>
Date: 3 Oct 90 17:15:29 GMT
References: <1990Oct1.211515.29595@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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In article <1990Oct1.211515.29595@rodan.acs.syr.edu>,
rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) writes:
> I just received my upgrade copy of Stuffit Deluxe.  How quaint!  An installer
> program.  Shades of the IBM PC!  (Haven't these people ever heard of
> click and drag?  I kinda like to know what files are being put where on my
> hard disk.)
> 
	The reason for the installer is NOT so you can't click and drag the
files, but because the files are compressed in order to save space.   Also,
there are a lot of different files/folder which need to be in specific places
(and in different places if you are running System 7.0x) so the Installer
is supposed to make your life easier.

>[problems with Installer]
	Sounds like you have a bad disk/copy of installer.  I would suggest
that you contact Aladdin directly and see about getting a replacement disk.

> By the way, I haven't tried the support phone # yet, but our mailer choked on
> the Internet address they gave, and a week later I've received no reply to
> the America Online message I sent them.  
	Their current Internet address is a UUCP address, and if you are
unable to use it, you might try Aladdin@well.sf.ca.us which also a valid
path to the same address.

--
Leonard Rosenthol
Software Ventures Corp.
MicroPhone II Development Team