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Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created on C

 
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Jordan Russell
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:06 am    Post subject: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created on C Reply with quote



I just installed Delphi 2007 in a VM and noticed it dumps 1.4 GB of
files under:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\{AB3EC276-D261-4943-A921-1CC1C6799AED}

Apparently this is a cache of the files copied from the DVD.

Is there a way I can prevent this directory from being created?

I don't have 1.4 GB to spare on my main machine's C: drive, and I don't
plan on losing my DVD any time soon.

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Jordan Russell
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David J Taylor
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:12 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote



Jordan Russell wrote:
Quote:
I just installed Delphi 2007 in a VM and noticed it dumps 1.4 GB of
files under:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\{AB3EC276-D261-4943-A921-1CC1C6799AED}

Apparently this is a cache of the files copied from the DVD.

Is there a way I can prevent this directory from being created?

I don't have 1.4 GB to spare on my main machine's C: drive, and I
don't plan on losing my DVD any time soon.

Jordan,

Whilst I can't tell you how to stop it being created, mine is only 783MB
after installing, if that helps.

One suggestion to try, copy the DVD to a drive on your network and try
installing from there. I don't know if that works, mind you. Are there
any switches listed for the install program?

Many thanks for your software and newsgroup support.

Cheers,
David
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Jeff Hamblin
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:28 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote



"Jordan Russell":
Quote:
I just installed Delphi 2007 in a VM and noticed it dumps 1.4 GB of
files under:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\{AB3EC276-D261-4943-A921-1CC1C6799AED}

Apparently this is a cache of the files copied from the DVD.

Is there a way I can prevent this directory from being created?

I don't have 1.4 GB to spare on my main machine's C: drive, and I don't
plan on losing my DVD any time soon.



There are so many things wrong with the installer technology
used by D2007, this being just one of them. Ultimately it usually
gets the job done, but it's pretty "unfinished" (to put it mildly)
in a lot of areas.

If you can temporarily free up the necessary 1.4 gigs during
install to get it completed, you can then delete all the
sub-folders after installation to get nearly all the space back.

But yeah, not being able to redirect this cache at install time
and not disabling it for a disc install seems silly.

-Jeff Hamblin
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Jordan Russell
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:14 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote

Jordan Russell wrote:
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Is there a way I can prevent this directory from being created?

CodeGear: I'm still in need of a straight answer to this question. I'm
currently stuck with a product I can't install, and would like to start
planning my next move.

This newsgroup is still an official support channel for installation
issues, is it not?

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Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:33 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:14:55 -0500, Jordan Russell wrote:

Quote:
Jordan Russell wrote:
Is there a way I can prevent this directory from being created?

CodeGear: I'm still in need of a straight answer to this question. I'm
currently stuck with a product I can't install, and would like to start
planning my next move.

This newsgroup is still an official support channel for installation
issues, is it not?

This is no longer an officially supported group, you would have to
contact support directly.

You could copy the folder from the VM to your other drive and install
from there, another alternative would be to use a 'junction point' so
that c:\d&s\... actually points to another drive.

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Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
marc -at- marc rohloff -dot- com
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Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:58 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote

Jordan Russell wrote:

Quote:
Is there a way I can prevent this directory from being created?

No, you can't.

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Nick Hodges
Delphi Product Manager - CodeGear
http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges
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Q Correll
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:03 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote

Marc,

| This is no longer an officially supported group, you would have to
| contact support directly.

Hmmm,... what are the "officially supported groups" then?

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Q <confused in Sunnyvale>

04/06/2007 18:02:36

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Nick Hodges (CodeGear)
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:15 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote

Q Correll wrote:

Quote:
Hmmm,... what are the "officially supported groups" then?

None of them -- they are all peer-supported.

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Nick Hodges
Delphi Product Manager - CodeGear
http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges
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Q Correll
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 12:28 am    Post subject: Re: Delphi 2007: Prevent 'install cache' from being created Reply with quote

Nick,

| | Hmmm,... what are the "officially supported groups" then?
|
| None of them -- they are all peer-supported.

LOL! Touché.

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Q

04/07/2007 11:28:01

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