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Sema
Hello!
I have Vista Home Premium (German localization) installed here and tried
to unzip a programm to C:\Programme.
First of all Vista keeps confusing me with Programme and Program Files,
which is apparently the same folder, but conveniently not explained
anywhere when you first start a new computer with this strange OS.
Secondly, both Winzip and Winrar (up-to-date versions, as I am testing
both and trying to decide between them) refuse to unzip into the Program
Files folder, and this is annoying me a lot. I work with PC's long
enough to know when I want to unzip where to, and if the Programm Files
folder is not for those programs, what use is it else?
I tried creating the destination folder manually, but still neither
Winzip nor Winrar could successfully unzip, as they could not create the
necessary subfolders.
Another issue, which is most likely connected with that, is the failing
auto update of my thunderbird installation. I don't really understand
how I managed to install a 1.5 version just a few weeks ago, but I
apparently did, and got a few security warnings to please upgrade to
2.0.0.6. Three times I gave permission to upgrade right away, three
times the software d'lded nearly 8 MB, appeared to install it, restarted
thunderbird and showed me the old view. Today I finally d'lded the full
package manually and overwrote the old installation, which seems to have
gone well. Why the heck did the autoupdate fail and was not even able to
tell me this little fact? And more to the point of this ng, why did
Vista prevent this update in the first place? I never had similar
problems under XP Home.
I would appreciate any answers, tips, hints, urls, whatever, that could
help me to work with Vista without elevated blood pressure again.
Gruß,
Sema
I have Vista Home Premium (German localization) installed here and tried
to unzip a programm to C:\Programme.
First of all Vista keeps confusing me with Programme and Program Files,
which is apparently the same folder, but conveniently not explained
anywhere when you first start a new computer with this strange OS.
Secondly, both Winzip and Winrar (up-to-date versions, as I am testing
both and trying to decide between them) refuse to unzip into the Program
Files folder, and this is annoying me a lot. I work with PC's long
enough to know when I want to unzip where to, and if the Programm Files
folder is not for those programs, what use is it else?
I tried creating the destination folder manually, but still neither
Winzip nor Winrar could successfully unzip, as they could not create the
necessary subfolders.
Another issue, which is most likely connected with that, is the failing
auto update of my thunderbird installation. I don't really understand
how I managed to install a 1.5 version just a few weeks ago, but I
apparently did, and got a few security warnings to please upgrade to
2.0.0.6. Three times I gave permission to upgrade right away, three
times the software d'lded nearly 8 MB, appeared to install it, restarted
thunderbird and showed me the old view. Today I finally d'lded the full
package manually and overwrote the old installation, which seems to have
gone well. Why the heck did the autoupdate fail and was not even able to
tell me this little fact? And more to the point of this ng, why did
Vista prevent this update in the first place? I never had similar
problems under XP Home.
I would appreciate any answers, tips, hints, urls, whatever, that could
help me to work with Vista without elevated blood pressure again.
Gruß,
Sema