At 17:41 28/11/2014 +1100, Martin Groenescheij wrote:
On 28-11-2014 17:16, Brian Barker wrote:
At 16:50 28/11/2014 +1100, Martin Groenescheij wrote:
Go to C:\Program Files\OpenOffice 4\program and copy the file
soffice.exe and paste on your desktop.
Aaargh! Please don't suggest such misuse of a computer and its
files. People reading a public mailing list shouldn't be advised to
use such bad practice.
In what way is this a bad practice?
Where do I start?
o You have an unnecessary copy of the file.
o The desktop is a fragile file area where files can easily become
damaged or deleted.
o If you have roaming profiles, the desktop may be limited in size
and a ten-megabyte file may be problematic. In any case, the
consequent copying of such a file from and to a server when you log
in or out will slow these processes.
o When the user upgrades the product, they will still start the file
on the desktop, so they will be running an old version of soffice.exe
with a different version of OpenOffice installed. Can you guarantee
this will work? (No.) Will you be around then to advise users who
have followed your advice?
Under any operating system, if you need a way to invoke a program
from the desktop, there is always a proper and sensible way to
create a shortcut.
The way I described doesn't copy the file it create a shortcut.
Aha! Is that what you *meant*? Creating a desktop shortcut is good
advice (though it can be done more easily from the All Programs
menus). But what you wrote - "copy the file ... and paste" clearly
described pasting a copy, not a shortcut. Thank you for now making
clear what you meant.
In any case, if you were to run a program from the desktop instead
of in its proper location, there is no guarantee that its necessary
components and so on will be found correctly.
When you install OpenOffice it creates a shortcut onto your desktop
(can't remember if it is optional) Checking the properties of both
shortcuts they are identical.
If we are now talking about a shortcut, not a copy, then that is so, of course.
So if there is no guarantee that it can find the necessary
components then the installation script is wrong.
No, there would be a difference if you ran the actual file from the
desktop, as you had described - but not if you are running a shortcut
there which runs the program _in situ_ - as it is now clear you
meant. We are agreed on that.
Brian Barker
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