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Locked 2nd try at Windows installer


 

I've made a second try at a Windows installer. If all goes well (hah!), this will be the distribution form for Windows from now on.

The installer can be downloaded from:



The changes include:

New icons from Robin Becker - thanks! It's starting to
look like a real program...

Fix of the null reference crash located by Alex Shepherd

Shortcut and program items now function properly

Improved check for Java being present; if it's not
found, quit installer and take user to the Java download
page

Preferences are now stored in "Windows standard location".
This is a mixed blessing; it's necessary to get the
uninstall and reinstall operations to work reliably, but
it means that you'll have to search around if you ever
need to find the preferences manually. And if you
upgrade your Windows version, you might have to re-enter
your DecoderPro preferences (probably the least of your
problems then, but still a pain)

Thanks in advance for trying this, I appreciate any comments, suggestions, etc.

Bob
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Alex Shepherd
 

I've made a second try at a Windows installer. If all goes well
(hah!), this will be the distribution form for Windows from now on.

The installer can be downloaded from:


Seems to work great.

One other minor thing you could set in the shortcut is to run the batch file
"Minimised so that the Command window is not promenently placed in the
centre of the screen. I had thought that starting a java app using the javaw
command made it detach from the console and allow the command window to
close. However after a quick play, there must be more to it than that...

Alex