POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Test of RC5 Windows installer : Re: Test of RC5 Windows installer Server Time
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  Re: Test of RC5 Windows installer  
From: Alain
Date: 11 Mar 2012 13:36:50
Message: <4f5ce2b2$1@news.povray.org>

>> I would appreciate it if some of you could sanity-check the RC5
>> windows installer, which may be found here:
>
> Installed successfully on Windows 7 x64.
>
> Note that I tried running it without elevation to see what
> would happen and got the elevation dialog. Does this mean a
> per-user install is no longer supported? Personally I don't
> mind but based on previous posts some people do.
>
> Two minor issues:
>
> - The name of the desktop icon is quite long and the version number
> got truncated (...). As the "for Windows" part is rather redundant
> on a Windows desktop I'd suggest to just use "POV-Ray v3.7 RC5".
>
> - It seems the help index has been fixed, but by chance the first
> item I tried was "pigment_pattern" (with underscore), and this mapped
> to the documentation for "pavement".
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian

For the name of the icon, I think that only "POV-Ray v3.7 RC" would be 
enough.
A test should be made for the partial name "POV-Ray v3.7", and if found, 
only update that shortcut, or replace it. I have the habit of shortening 
and simplifying to long icon's names, and get duplicates.


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