[vlc] Question to the Installation of VLC without any installer

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2007, Erdmann, Stephan wrote :
>    I have downloaded the .zip-file of the installation. I also successfully
>    tested the correct working of VLC. To compare the windows self extractor
>    with the zip.-archive, I have installed VLC with the windows self
>    extractor. After that, I have looked for created folders by the
>    installation, so I can see the difference between the self extractor and
>    the .zip-archive. I have found a folder in "C:\documents and
>    settings\%user%\application data\vlc". Now I have some questions, if I use
>    VLC without any further installation (> using the .zip-archive).
> 
>    -       Is the folder necessary for using all applicability of VLC?
Yes, and it created at runtime, this is where the preferences and cache
is hold.

>    -       Will the folder created, if he is needed?
Yes, I think so.

>    -       Are there other folders and/or files, which are generated through
>    the windows self extractor?
No.

>    -       Are there also some registry entries, which are only generated
>    through the self extractor?
yes, the zip hasn't ( obviously) the registry keys. But you may not
care...


Best Regards,

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