Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: Crazy idea
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Mon Aug 31, 2026 16:26

  Re: Re: Crazy idea
  By: Exodus to Nightfox on Mon Aug 31 2026 08:07 pm

 Ex> I don't want shit screwing with the OS by someone that fat fingered some
 Ex> reg edit and boom, time to reinstall an OS.  I'm not into that shit
 Ex> anymore. :)

 Ex> I have not used Drive C since 1993 for anything other than the OS.  That
 Ex> drive is ALWAYS clear.   Anything goes on Drive D or E.

Understandable, though I think that can be difficult to control for all software in Windows. Most software for Windows installs to C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) by default, as that's the Windows OS convention. You can change the install directory for some software, but I've found that some software and their installers have the C drive hard-coded, so you can't change the drive they install on or use for data.

 Ex> I don't feel it should be an account program for a BBS ... it should be
 Ex> able to be deleted byh removing the directory.  It's a telnet app, not a
 Ex> huge program that needs "installed" into the OS.  Everything is uses
 Ex> should be in the directory it unzips/runs from.

Some software is made to run as a portable app, as you describe, but not all are.  It seems more and more Windows software is being made to offer a portable version though.

Nightfox
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