Running win98 (not SE).

I don't always like to install things in the default locations. I wish 
to install Povray beta's to E:\pov35b. When the installer asks me for a 
location, I select drive E: from the box, then click in the pov35b 
directory, but the installer seems to insist on adding the sub-directory 
"POV-Ray for Windows v3.5" to the destination directory (to give 
E:\pov35b\POV-Ray for Windows v3.5"), which I then have to delete 
manually.
I've got nothing against it defaulting to install in "C:\Program 
Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.5", but I'd like it to install into the 
directory that I pick. Anyone not paying attention could easily find 
Povray installed to a subdirectory thereof.

I can't see that it should behave in such a fashion, I've never seen it 
elsewhere.
-- 
Alex

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"Alex" <pov### [at] lazysodorguk> wrote in message news:kAi### [at] lazysodorguk...
> Running win98 (not SE).
>
> I don't always like to install things in the default locations. I wish
> to install Povray beta's to E:\pov35b. When the installer asks me for a
> location, I select drive E: from the box, then click in the pov35b
> directory, but the installer seems to insist on adding the sub-directory
> "POV-Ray for Windows v3.5" to the destination directory (to give
> E:\pov35b\POV-Ray for Windows v3.5"), which I then have to delete
> manually.
> I've got nothing against it defaulting to install in "C:\Program
> Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.5", but I'd like it to install into the
> directory that I pick. Anyone not paying attention could easily find
> Povray installed to a subdirectory thereof.
>
> I can't see that it should behave in such a fashion, I've never seen it
> elsewhere.
> --
> Alex

Have you tried the following?

In the "Select Destination Directory" dialog that is displayed after pressing the
"Browse" button in the "Destination Folder"
panel of the installation wizard, type in your preferred path in the text box at the
top of that dialog.

--
Robert Chaffe
http://www.donovansweb.com/~chaffe/

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"Alex" <pov### [at] lazysodorguk> wrote in message news:kAi### [at] lazysodorguk...
> I can't see that it should behave in such a fashion, I've never seen it
> elsewhere.

I'm surprised you claim you have never seen this behaviour. This is
standard for the Wise installation system, which is very widely used
(though not as much as installshield, which I suppose you have most
experience with).

Whatever. The fact is that I cannot change this behaviour.

-- Chris

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In message <3ce631e0@news.povray.org>, Chris Cason 
<new### [at] deletethispovrayorg> writes
>
>"Alex" <pov### [at] lazysodorguk> wrote in message 
>news:kAi### [at] lazysodorguk...
>> I can't see that it should behave in such a fashion, I've never seen it
>> elsewhere.
>
>I'm surprised you claim you have never seen this behaviour. This is
>standard for the Wise installation system, which is very widely used
>(though not as much as installshield, which I suppose you have most
>experience with).

I don't install a great deal, and most of that does go where it first 
offers to place itself (into c:\program files\whatever).
It's just silly little things like that that should be so obvious how it 
works, but then don't work as expected, that really wind me up.
>
>Whatever. The fact is that I cannot change this behaviour.
>
OK.
-- 
Alex

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Well, I have a set directory that I always install to
(c:\windows\media\graphics\POV 3.5 beta) that I have to navigate to with the
browse function.  I then simply delete the "POV-Ray for Windows v3.5"
subdirectory name.

The installer also takes an unnecessary and, for me at least, annoying step.
It resets the message background color.  I have a lovely background texture
that I obtained from ABTA that I use for this purpose.  The Alt-P shortcut
helps, but the background texture should, like the other editor preferences,
be preserved in an install.

"Robert Chaffe" <rob### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
news:3ce5c852$1@news.povray.org...
> "Alex" <pov### [at] lazysodorguk> wrote in message
news:kAi### [at] lazysodorguk...
> > Running win98 (not SE).
> >
> > I don't always like to install things in the default locations. I wish
> > to install Povray beta's to E:\pov35b. When the installer asks me for a
> > location, I select drive E: from the box, then click in the pov35b
> > directory, but the installer seems to insist on adding the sub-directory
> > "POV-Ray for Windows v3.5" to the destination directory (to give
> > E:\pov35b\POV-Ray for Windows v3.5"), which I then have to delete
> > manually.
> > I've got nothing against it defaulting to install in "C:\Program
> > Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.5", but I'd like it to install into the
> > directory that I pick. Anyone not paying attention could easily find
> > Povray installed to a subdirectory thereof.
> >
> > I can't see that it should behave in such a fashion, I've never seen it
> > elsewhere.
> > --
> > Alex
>
> Have you tried the following?
>
> In the "Select Destination Directory" dialog that is displayed after
pressing the "Browse" button in the "Destination Folder"
> panel of the installation wizard, type in your preferred path in the text
box at the top of that dialog.

>
> --
> Robert Chaffe
> http://www.donovansweb.com/~chaffe/
>
>

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