08-08-2022, 12:55 AM
A few weeks ago I wanted to check out Terra programming language. This is an 86MB EXE file, supposedly an interpreter asking for M$ Visual Studio installed *and* the SDK! At first I was unwilling to install the former, but included the latter because that's what Terra's error message contained. The SDK was installed... this was a lot of 64-bit stuff, into "C:\Program Files (x86)". I kid you not -- 64-bit stuff into the area which is supposed to be for 32-bit programs! I couldn't get the Terra to work, wanted M$VC as well. I thought it didn't need the SDK any longer so I took it off after I spent over 10GB on the other thing I never wanted. Still couldn't get Terra going. What a shame.
I sounded writing a bit harsh to the OP about putting user files into "Program Files". There were a few reasons to do it while we were all on WindowsXP but times have changed, with the OS's more and more looking and behaving like each other. Considerations for security had to be increased because bad people were breaking stuff on purpose and then looking for a lawsuit talking about hackers, government operations, undesireable industrial visitors and that sort of thing.
Right now I'm on one of the Linux distros trying to copy about 4-1/2GB into a slow-as-hey external USB disk, it still hasn't finished after 45 minutes. Sheesh...
I sounded writing a bit harsh to the OP about putting user files into "Program Files". There were a few reasons to do it while we were all on WindowsXP but times have changed, with the OS's more and more looking and behaving like each other. Considerations for security had to be increased because bad people were breaking stuff on purpose and then looking for a lawsuit talking about hackers, government operations, undesireable industrial visitors and that sort of thing.
Right now I'm on one of the Linux distros trying to copy about 4-1/2GB into a slow-as-hey external USB disk, it still hasn't finished after 45 minutes. Sheesh...