Why installed to C:\?

[David McFarlane]

[edited by moderator]

I just installed MediaLab, and discovered that it got installed to C:\MediaLab. Is it possible to move the MediaLab application to a subfolder of C:\Program Files?

Thanks,
-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder

[jarvis24]

C:\MediaLab is the default path simply because it was first developed when Windows 95 was just a kid. To minimize the potential for path problems, we left it there because it played nicely with short file name conventions. Anyways, trivia aside, we are changing this in the new DirectRT and MediaLab betas to conform to the C:\Program Files tradition that has since evolved. As far as how you can have an influence in this, I believe you can simply change it during the installation when it asks you if you would like to change the path from its default.

[David McFarlane]

Thanks, I must have missed that step during installation since I just assume everything goes to C:\Progaram Files by default. I will look for this next time.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder

[David McFarlane]

Oops, that should be C:\Program Files.

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder (looking out for his own faults)