[WinMac] Adobe Extensions [WAS: Re: extensions]

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:19:43 -0500

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        I thought that PageMaker for MacOS REQUIRED the Microsoft OLE Extension in
the Extensions Folder in order for PM start up.

        Also, PhotoShop deposits the KPCS Startup (faceless application) in the
Startup Items Folder... Not to mention all those pain-in-the-ass Kodak
Extensions...

At 09:23 AM 1/14/99 -0500, Leonard wrote:
>At 9:17 PM -0500 1/13/99, Alex Dearden wrote:
>>> I work on Macs every day. And unless I perform a "clean
>>> install" with no
>>>apps, then even I have trouble keeping up with everything Adobe, Quark, and
>>>M$ apps deposit into the Extensions Folder... Even double-clicking the line
>>>item in Conflict Catcher doesn't always explain what this or that
>>>particular file does...
>>
>> Much worse are the thousands of dlls that windows apps like to install
>> all the time.
>
> And at least Adobe software only installs Shared Libraries
>(they just happen to go into Extensions - blame Apple), unlike other
>companies that do actually install "Extensions" that patch the OS.
>
>
>Leonard
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