Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!mts.rpi.edu!Garance_Drosehn From: Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (Garance Drosehn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe Installer from Hell! Message-ID: Date: 27 Dec 90 20:43:04 GMT References: <40029@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: gilead.its.rpi.edu In article <40029@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes: > In article , Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (Garance Drosehn) writes... > >Yes indeed. My theory is that the expert option of the installer simply > >gets confused about what it is doing. I ended up installing everything > >and then deleting the few files I didn't want. I didn't have Stuffit > >Classic on the drive though (I assume you mean the new 1.6 version, not > >the earlier 1.5.1 version). > > Actually, the greater problem was with the "standard" install option, which > is what was so shocking -- this is supposed to be the recommended method. > However, I ran into 'folders from hell' with the expert install as well. Hmm. What I said was what I meant, for my case at least. I tried to use the expert install option first (two times, selecting different pieces), and ran into different problems each time. I gave up on that and did the standard install and everything worked fine. It may be that the scripts I used (back in July or August) were different than the scripts you have in your current version. While I already had a "Preferences" folder from other applications, for instance, I did not get any dialog about it finding the folder. It did put it's own file in that folder too (when I used the standard option). Hopefully the scripts in version 2.0 will be better behaved! Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu