[sylpheed:31930] Re: upgrading Sylphhed win32

[Gergo Szakal]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:00:03 -0800 (PST)
stef <stef_204 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have always used the win32 installer files for Sylpheed--when
> upgrading to new version, I would just redownload everything and
> install over, etc.
> 
> 1) Last upgrade from 2.4.6 to 2.4.7, I instead only used the ZIP
> Patch files to overwrite whatever files in the appropriate
> directory.  I do not believe that could have caused a problem.

It can't have caused any.

> 
> 2) In any event, in the future, I would like to switch to the ZIP
> version (as opposed to the installer version). My question is: do I
> just uninstall 2.4.7 and then use the ZIP version that I would just
> copy to my /program files/ directories?  Will I be able to retain all
> of the settings--assuming these are under C:\Documents and Settings
> \User\Application Data\Sylpheed?

If you delete everything from the Sylpheed directory and extract the
zip to that, it will have the same result.

> 
> 3) Does Sylpheed win32 write to the registry?

AFAIK no.

> 
> 4) Any real advantages in using the installer version as opposed to
> the ZIP version--besides creating desktop icon and program files
> shortcut automatically?

None.