Re: thanks for nothing - a look at the uninstaller

[Octavio Alvarez <alvarezp alvarezp ods org>]

On 02/03/2014 02:31 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Octavio Alvarez!
>
> > > > IIRC, Beatrice said that she uses separate directories for OS and apps
> > > > because of the use of an SSD; an explicit directory selection occurred.
> > >
> > > Well, that was a wrong way to do it then.
> > > You MUST install applications on the same partition as your OS to avoid
> > > unnecessary writes. This is how WinSxS works.
>
> > I'd guess the SSD was for the OS. And what if the SSD is not big enough
> > to hold all the C:\Program Files?
>
> As I said, installing applications somewhere else is a quick way to overflow
> your primary partition due to the way WinSxS works. (Basically, when you
> install your application on different partition, it has to COPY libraries,
> instead of making hardlinks to them, as it usually would.)
> It SHOULD have enough space for your applications. Smallest SSD I saw was,
> like, 60gb? In my experience, half that space is sufficient for a quite heavy
> workspace (3DS, Photoshop, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD and quite a ton of plugins and
> additional tools supplementing the workflow).

Disclaimer: I know nothing about WinSxS. Found about it because of your
comments. I hope no to sound too pedantic.

I found this [1] from Microsoft which actually suggests offloading
program files from the system volume. I'm just trying to make a use case
for choosing a directory other than C:\Program Files and why having the
RmDir /R so exposed is more harmful than helpful.

[1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2795190 - How to address disk space
issues that are caused by a large Windows component store (WinSxS)
directory .