I install all of my tools/utilities in my C:\Tools directory. I know where exactly every tool is and since many of them are command-line driven, the short location is nice. So it really irritates me when a tool (or any piece of software for that matter) does not allow you to choose its installation location and installs itself into C:\Program Files by default without any way to change it.
For example, the latest versions of NCover (1.5.4) and FxCop (1.35) take this approach. Both force me to install into C:\Program Files and I hate it with all that is good and holy. NCover I can *almost* excuse because it's just one guy and he's probably focusing on more important features than the installation directory. But FxCop is inexcusable, especially because all previous versions allowed you to pick the install location, not to mention that there is an entire team at Microsoft working on it. Why in the world this was changed I have no idea, but it pisses me off.
BTW, both versions I mentioned of NCover and FxCop are beta versions, but still, it's not that difficult.
Print | posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:59 AM