Must XoloX be 'installed' on computer?
 

Must XoloX be 'installed' on the computer I''m using or may I copy the installed files from another computer to, for example, a zip disk and run the program from it?

I ask because I have XoloX installed on my computer at home but don't like to install software on my computer at work. I know I can run BearShare and AudioGalaxy this way, and it's a nice feature.

Thanks, Fred

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There are no system DLLs IMHO. The missing registry entries will be generated automatically IMHO.... but than you have the same effect as installing Xolox.

PS: what is the "feature request" here?

I guess it was an "unknown feature" for me. I couldnk't think where else to ask it.

But as to your answer (thanks, by the way), maybe just having some additions to the Registry wouldn't count so high on an employer's 'no' list as actually installing it. After all, many things are written to the Registry all the time -- recently saved documents, history, etc. I supposed it probably wrote something, because I had the feeling it would want to know about my connection and whatever else it asked when I installed it.

BearShare and AudioGalaxy seem really 'clean' in that regard, however.

Hi,
the registry is just a big INI file, and if your software is listed as "installed" there is just another registry entry. So... you know what I wanna say? :)

But you're right about not installing software, but copying a client from one computer to another when possible. When you don't install, then you avoid installing system DLLs or components which will propably never cleaned up after uninstall.
I also prefer programs that do NOT write to the registry, which use an classic INI-file (as much as it makes sense). EXE and INI-file could easily copied from one computer to another, it's easier to edit options, uninstall means to delete the directory and you can backup everything (even the settings) by storing a ZIPed archive to another harddisk/CDROM.

To get offtopic: I wouldn't rate Bearshare "clean". There is spyware also in the current version. You have to deselect it on install time, every newbie who does not know about spyware is spyed out after using Bearshare. This says nothing about the client itself... it's nice, however, make sure you know what you'are doing.

Hope it helps, Moak :)

PS: My feature request would be: use an INI file, don't write anything to registry (only automatic uninstall feature, if installed).

(OT) mmm .ini files
 

Moak you are a man after my own heart...

.ini files yes please, one nice simple 1 exe and a nice gaggle of ini files, and it is small enough to run off a floppy too mmm a workers bandwidth abusers dream LOL (and I am the guy that gets to sack people if they do this sort of **** as well (to be honest as long as they aren't stupid to leave Quake and brittany.exe (DOH!) on their machine I don't really care.

just a thought,