Author Topic: Installer still uses the Default location, i.e. C:\Program Files.....  (Read 510 times)

Offline Heater

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would it not be better to check the registry first?

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Offline OOZ662

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Re: Installer still uses the Default location, i.e. C:\Program Files.....
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2008, 09:07:00 AM »
Mine never has; always E:\Program Files\Aces High II like it ought to.

EDIT: Which is hilarious because I recently wiped the OS drive, meaning the registry shouldn't even remember the game.
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Re: Installer still uses the Default location, i.e. C:\Program Files.....
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2008, 09:08:00 AM »
Mine went just fine. 

I'd check your registry entry if I were you.  Make sure the path is correct.
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Offline Oleg

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Re: Installer still uses the Default location, i.e. C:\Program Files.....
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2008, 02:55:58 PM »
For some mysterious reason, mine always try to something like "...\ACESHI~1" instead of "...\Aces High II"  :huh
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Re: Installer still uses the Default location, i.e. C:\Program Files.....
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2008, 01:14:26 AM »
Welcome to DOS and its 8 character file/folder display name limit. Folders with longer names, say ...\HTC\Aces High I and ...\HTC\Aces High II would be ...\HTC\ACES H~1 and ...\HTC\ACES H~2 (though I'm not sure if spaces were allowed/counted). Any-dang-way, sometimes they display that way even today; it's legacy.
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Offline Oleg

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Re: Installer still uses the Default location, i.e. C:\Program Files.....
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2008, 01:45:43 AM »
I know about how dos see long names, but AH installer isnt dos application, right? :)
(btw, no spaces afaik)
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