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From: andrewd AT axonet DOT com DOT au (Andrew Dalgleish)
Subject: RE: To _USE_ or not to use InstallShield? WAS: Re: B19: InstallSh
ield reports: "WinExec failed: return=20" after 99% completion
7 May 1998 05:12:16 -0700 :
Message-ID: <91A8FD196436D1118EC2006008186C96088646.cygnus.gnu-win32@server1.axonet.com.au>
To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	"Zow" Terry Brugger [SMTP:zow AT mdbs DOT com]
> Sent:	1998 May 06, Wednesday 22:48
> To:	'Marty Leisner'; earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
> Cc:	gw32
> Subject:	RE: To _USE_ or not to use InstallShield? WAS: Re: B19:
> InstallShield reports: "WinExec failed: return=20" after 99%
> completion
> 
> Let me throw in my 2 bits in favour of the InstallShield installation
> (since it seems that someone needs to). There are all sorts of
> idiosyncrasies with the windows environment that installers must deal
> with: the registry is a prime example.
	[Andrew Dalgleish]  
I use a .BAT + .SH to setup workstations.
The .SH does a "cat" to a .REG file then calls REGEDIT.
I use IS5 for work, and I think whatever you can do with IS5, you can do
with bash, and then some.
Cheers.

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