cheers
peter

I suspect the new installers andu updaters will not rename at all…we are moving toward having app version info in the startup screen, about box, and get-info/properties but not the app file name or folder name. (Get info on beta 25 – note the beta number is in the about box.)

Paploo: there is no technical problem with having a destination button…it’s a work flow problem. That destination button is the single largest cause of tech support calls we get.

Basically the problem is this: we have one application which is both a DOWNLOADER for the demo and an UPDATER for all products.

I agree completely that the downloader for the demo must let you customize install locations, and it will, just like most installers. Similarly the DVD installers will let you customize install location.

But the updater and the web-demo-installer are going to become separate applications. when this happens, the updater won’t need a destination button because it will always be launched by the x-plane that needs updating.*

* (If you have to get an updater from the web based on a dead app, THEN it will let you pick an x-system folder.)

The fundamental problem is that we have to take destination choice out of an update-existing operation.

It did not rename the folder afterwards because it could not, I keep a file open during updates to avoid that.

That is actually the only issue I have with x-plane updater: it renames the x-plane folder at the end. this breaks all kind of stuff: shortcuts on the desktop, goodway-preferences, my csl-manager prefs … Please include an option to NOT RENAME after an update.

The only other thing missing: restart X-plane after successful update 🙂

If you really felt the need to hide it, maybe there should be an ‘advanced mode’ button that brings it up with any warnings you feel are appropriate?

– To update any particular x-system folder, click the udpate button from the about box of that x-system folder.

– To make a copy of an x-system folder, just copy the whole folder in the finder/explorer, nothing more to do.

So…you don’t need the destination button. All you need to do is have two x-system folders and only pick update from the APPLICATION you really want updated.