Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

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

Wow, that's wierd. I probably wouldn't have believed that info either, ha! I
never did try simply *renaming* Photoshop's installer stub to SETUP32.exe-- I
thought it might cause grave havoc, or turn Photoshop into an old Atari game or
something...

Oh, the horror!

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