Stupid Computer Application Installation Question

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  1. pjcarr

    pjcarr Member

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    Why is it that some applications need to be "installed," while others (especially downloadable ones) just open and work?

    I'm using Windows XP and I noticed this when I was uninstalling some useless trial programs in the control panel add/remove. There was a older version of EAC that was installed that I didn't even remember, while the newer version that I use all the time is not "installed" - it just works right out of the folder. I uninstalled the old one and luckily, it had no effect on the new one.

    Just curious...
     
  2. Phantom69

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    because they are bundled that way, so that they can be installed to all the correct destinations and all the files would be registered to a specific folder and all the references from that folder would be correct.
     

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