On 22/03/2017 01:00 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 3/21/2017 11:08 PM, Kenneth wrote:
>> (BTW, one website I came across said that all I had to do was rename the
>> original SETUP.exe file as SETUP32.exe, and Photoshop would install
>> OK. That
>> sounded bogus-- how does simply *renaming* the file change it from a
>> 16-bit to a
>> 32-bit installer?!)
>
> Because some folk will believe anything. ;-)
> I've read some strange ideas on the internet.

Well, you laugh, but certain versions of Windows *do* actually treat 
programs with "special" names differently.

Like, IIRC Vista will automatically prompt for privilege elevation if 
you run a program that happens to be called INSTALL.EXE and doesn't 
contain a manifest file stating whether it needs elevated privileges or 
not. This is intended to make old software still work. (From a time 
before access controls existed.) If you rename the exact same program 
to, say, BANANA.EXE, no privilege elevation prompt. It's a workaround to 
try to make old software still work.

No idea if current releases of Windows still do this...

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