"Chris Cason" <newsadmin-despam-@povray-no-spam.org> wrote in message
news:3bcf0fbc@news.povray.org...
> > I first installed beta 4 on this machine, and installed it off the root of
the D
> > drive.  Every subsequent install of a new beta has filled in "d:\\POV-Ray
for
> > Windows 3.5" for me.  The first time (beta 5) I questioned it but tried it
>
> This is very strange - I default the location to %PROGRAM_FILES%\POV-Ray blah
blah.
> The only way the above could happen is if your system thinks that the default
> 'Program Files' directory is 'd:\'. And that could only happen if you have
modified
> it from the default (%PROGRAM_FILES% refers to the registry; this is a
system-wide
> setting not specific to POVWIN).
>
> The installer does not ask the registry where the last version was installed
so it's
> not getting it from there.
>
> -- Chris
>
I'll lay odds that's what it is.  I do have the D drive on that machine set up
as the program files directory.  Makes orginazation easier :-)  So, I should
probably change it to read D: instead of D:\.  I'll try it for the next beta.

Thanks!

Michael

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