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  Re: Why is Povray 3.7 for Windows installed in such a stupid place?  
From: clipka
Date: 5 Jan 2009 00:30:01
Message: <web.49619a83dc46c7bfc38b01850@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Is it really worth the pain?  At work we use Delphi and now and then when we
> have to install or update plugins it's always a terrible annoyance involving
> manual and stupid registry editing.  The GUI is supposed to hide details away
> and make the structure stand out of anything but in the end it just comes in
> the way.  Apparently, you can't copy registry keys around with ease or remove
> them at will without first.  It's a painful step-by-step procedure.  To call
> that "ease of use" is a joke.

Average-end-user ease of use.

The average end user has no reason for messing around with the registry in the
first place - or with any .ini files, for that matter.

You're by no means an average end user.


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