![]() ![]() So when installing manually (by copying), stay away from You will immediately get benefit of recognition which content is 'yours' (and you can freely copy it) and which application is managed by the installer. Let system folders to be used by (installation) processes you don't directly control. Rule of thumb: Use manually created folders for manually maintained files. I suppose that under install in your question How should I install such tools? you actually mean manual setup, something like copying the files. I'm simply moving C:\Tools from machine to machine when migrating, works like a charm. SysInternals tools have a special category C:\Tools\_SysInternals because there is many of them.If a program consists of multiple files, put it under C:\Tools\ProgramName.If a program consists of single file, put it directly under C:\Tools.I'm using many small programs without installer and I'm recommending the following: On the assumption that greater minds than mine have come up against this many times over the years I'd like to ask the community if some kind of "best practice" has come to be accepted. This caused me to think twice rather than just blindly click Continue. In fact I thought I had done so before, but Windows puts up a dialog Destination Folder Access Denied. I had tried to manually create new subfolders under C:\Program Files. In particular, what might strike people as the obvious answer seems to have a catch: Is there any standard accepted way to do this? A "best practice"? If the answer depends on the Windows version, I'm using Windows 7. exe to those that also have other files, or maybe only the ones with. Or maybe different approaches for the tools with just an. How should I install such tools? Directly in C:\Program Files? All in one subfolder under C:\Program Files? Somewhere under C:\Users\Me? Somewhere totally different? On the Windows platform, most large applications come with their own installer which sets up folders under C:\Program Files, possibly some other places, and perhaps adding some registry keys, etc.īut there's still quite a few tools around that consist of just an. ![]()
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