In-place install?
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:30 am
Folks:
I have a challenge for you.
First, some background. I tend to keep the GameBase collection not on the primary drive of any machine, but in my digital archives. It's one of many files and applications that I like to keep around for spontaneous use, but not one that I use frequently, so I need the space on my primary drive for other purposes.
(As an added bonus - the hard drive letter assigned to this archive changes, depending on which drive I'm using.)
Now, this creates a problem for me. Every time I try using GameBase - say, every six months or so - I find that I have to install the GameBase application on my primary drive in order to get any part of it working. If I don't - if I just try to run it from its current directory, without actually having it installed in Windows - then it complains a lot about not being able to find ActiveX components, etc.
This is a bummer. In fact, it sometimes prevents me from messing around with GameBase, because I just don't want to deal with the hassle of the installation process. I really just want it to run in place.
So, I turn this over to you. Is it possible to configure GameBase to run from a specific folder without being installed, and without really caring where the folder is located? If so, how?
- David Stein
I have a challenge for you.
First, some background. I tend to keep the GameBase collection not on the primary drive of any machine, but in my digital archives. It's one of many files and applications that I like to keep around for spontaneous use, but not one that I use frequently, so I need the space on my primary drive for other purposes.
(As an added bonus - the hard drive letter assigned to this archive changes, depending on which drive I'm using.)
Now, this creates a problem for me. Every time I try using GameBase - say, every six months or so - I find that I have to install the GameBase application on my primary drive in order to get any part of it working. If I don't - if I just try to run it from its current directory, without actually having it installed in Windows - then it complains a lot about not being able to find ActiveX components, etc.
This is a bummer. In fact, it sometimes prevents me from messing around with GameBase, because I just don't want to deal with the hassle of the installation process. I really just want it to run in place.
So, I turn this over to you. Is it possible to configure GameBase to run from a specific folder without being installed, and without really caring where the folder is located? If so, how?
- David Stein