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Originally Posted by Sirtel
They do it on purpose. They don't want you to find and play the game again; they want you to buy it again, because you couldn't find it on your computer.  |
That is the entire issue I have with installing programs. Although I know the reason why (they want to make it difficult/impossible to duplicate an application), the process shouldn't have to involve an installation program. Instead, why not go back to the old method: Copy the program files into one folder, and (maybe) install one configuration file into a configuration folder (one file per application), with the Operating System adding the new application to its list of programs. This would allow you to easy uninstall a program: Just delete the folder and its configuration file. No more remnants of old programs, no more broken installations because something went wrong, and no more Registry (one of the things I strongly dislike about Windows).