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From: daven@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe Installer from Hell!
Message-ID: <1990Dec27.195645.22056@svc.portal.com>
Date: 27 Dec 90 19:56:45 GMT
References: <40020@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: Software Ventures
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In article <40020@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:
>The following is posted as a warning to potential StuffIt Deluxe
>users.  My e-mail to Aladdin has gone unanswered since Monday;
>holidays notwithstanding, I would hate to see this happen to 
>anyone else. 
>
>I experienced several similar problems while trying to install
>StuffIt Deluxe on my 5 meg SE/30,40 running System 6.0.5. (These 
>occurred both with and without a conservative set of inits and cdevs.)
>The result was similar to the "Folder from Hell" problem that has
>been described on the net.  All of the installation procedures were
>done exactly as described in the manual (read after the fact, of
>course).  

[Much description of problem deleted]

>If Aladdin comes up with a satisfactory answer and fix, I would be
>happy to be the first one to flame this posting;  I was genuinely
>looking forward to using some of the advanced features of StuffIt
>Deluxe.
>
>Until then, I can only say "beware".

I've had the opportunity to use the StuffIt Installers many times
and I've never seen a problem like this.

The Installers have always been able to find, and remove the old
Preferences' files just fine. Never did they create a "folder from
hell."

When you reformatted your HD, did you do anything to collect bad
sectors? You may just have a problem with a sector that happens
to be where part of the directory catalogs fall.

In summary my experience with StuffIt Deluxe and it's Installers
has been very positive. I would highly recommend them to anyone.
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