Why is there no option to select installation location?
Why is there no option to select installation location?
Recently performed a Windows reinstall and now reinstalling necessary applications. So far, Firefox and Flux have both prevented me from selecting the installation destination, except for possibly overlooked details. Is this an emerging pattern among software? Why aren't these programs allowing me to pick where they install? Even NOD32, installed on another machine, only offered a choice in fine print that might be easily missed.
A lot of people do it.
Others don't.
It depends on who made it.
It's also challenging to modify or repair an application when its host directory, code, configuration, and data are uncertain in location...
The software offered on portableapps.com is organized so you can set the storage location. It's actually built to help you keep all your apps and settings on a USB drive that you can carry with you. Mostly open source applications.