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Dawg605

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Don't know if anyone has mentioned this (probably have), but can we PLEASE get an installer for uTorrent. I know without it it is only like 150K, but it wouldn't be that much more in size. It seems really disorganized that it doesn't even install anywhere, it is just one file.

So please, I love uTorrent. It's the best BitTorrent download since BitComet, so please make it even better.

Ultima Advanced Member

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Yes, it's been mentioned. If one file is considered disorganized, then I'm not sure how we can help you O.o

There's no need for an installer, really. µTorrent already creates shortcuts on first run =T

Dawg605 Member

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Well, I mean, I didn't really mean disorganized, just kind of weird that the user has to manually move the file and create shortcuts for it.

Not a problem for most of us on here, I'm sure, but for the common user, it could pose a problem.

EDIT: Yeah, now I remember it did create shortcuts the first time, but when I upgraded to the new beta version, I opened it and then when I clicked the shortcut on Desktop, it was the old version and not the beta version.

ScubaSteve Advanced Member

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if someone cant make a directory and move the .exe into it then they should be shot and never be allowed near a pc ever again. its ppl with that kind of idiocy that f****d up the computing world in the first place.

Ultima Advanced Member

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It's weird, but definitely cleaner. Installers end up using the Registry to tell Windows that it's installed, and to set where the uninstaller is located (for Add or Remove Programs). Also, moving/making shortcuts might not even be needed in the case of µTorrent (it isn't for me at least). You can just leave the exe file on the desktop, and use that as your "shortcut."

eger Member

eger

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An installer is just adding to the size of the distribution where, if i'm not mistaken, small size being one of the key features!

darknessGP Newbie

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if someone cant make a directory and move the .exe into it then they should be shot and never be allowed near a pc ever again. its ppl with that kind of idiocy that f****d up the computing world in the first place.

well, if it's the beta, you also have to rename the file to overtake the original cause the beta file name is different. :P

Kazuaki Shimazaki Advanced Member

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Well, I mean, I didn't really mean disorganized, just kind of weird that the user has to manually move the file and create shortcuts for it.

There are many programs in the world that are a lot more complex than uTorrent (those have multiple files) that don't have an Installer. In those cases, they come in Zips, RARs and LHAs that you unzip wherever you want. Then you select the .EXE and right click-and-drag to place a Shortcut onto your Desktop. It is honestly difficult to understand why you would want to struggle through a Installer for such simple programs. I don't even understand why someone would want to bother with a shortcut when they could stick that program right on their Desktop. Or since uTorrent is Resident-sized, you can just tell it to start when Windows does and never think about it again.

The only reason we need an installer/uninstaller at all is because modern Windows programs have a tendency to make dozens of changes to the registry and/or throw files all over the HDD, so a programmed installer/uninstaller is the only way to keep track. If your program doesn't do this, you shouldn't need one.

As for betas, all you have to do is stick that .EXE file onto your desktop, throw your old .EXE on the Desktop away by dragging it to the recycle bin and open the new .EXE. When the new Windows protective system calls you, tell it to "Unblock". Period. Everything comes up as normal.

matias Advanced Member

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Oh lord, the installer bumped the size up to 5x the original! Is seeing that blue (generally it is blue) install screen so important to some people?

who matters if it is 5x the original size?

if you use bittorrent is because you have a broadband connection ...

splintax Advanced Member

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okay, I wrote an installer due to the popular demand

@echo "Welcome to uTorrent. This program installs uTorrent"

prompt

@echo "Please wait..."

md "c:\program files\uTorrent"

move utorrent.exe "c:\program files\uTorrent\utorrent.exe"

move utorrent.lnk "c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop\utorrent.lnk"

@echo "Installation complete!"

pause

Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it's quite ready to be released in its official capacity yet, so for now I'm just releasing the source here. That should limit it to only people who know what they're doing. You can compile my program from source by pasting it into a file called install.bat, and running it in the same directory as utorrent.exe and utorrent.lnk (where utorrent.lnk is a shortcut to c:\program files\utorrent\utorrent.exe).

:lol:

if someone cant make a directory and move the .exe into it then they should be shot and never be allowed near a pc ever again. its ppl with that kind of idiocy that f****d up the computing world in the first place.

Calm down, dude. You might not realise this, but those people making people like us money. :lol:

ScubaSteve Advanced Member

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it just infuriates me at how ppl could be so stupid.

also for the batch file you have written you might not want to use full pathnames but instead use the environment variables (not sure if the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% variable works on win98 systems)

eg "%PROGRAMFILES%\uTorrent" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\desktop\utorrent.lnk"

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