#WINDOWS CANNOT FIND SETUP EXE INSTALL#

Create a WindowsClippings folder in the C:Program Files folder.Extract the executable from the ZIP file.Consider how I 'install' Windows Clippings: It's a pleasingly simple arrangement, but it's also more work me, the user. It's delivered as a single executable in a compressed ZIP file. One of the apps I use is Kenny Kerr's excellent Window Clippings. To be fair, Windows applications aren't always delivered with installers, either. setup.exe) that automates this manual work for you?

#WINDOWS CANNOT FIND SETUP EXE INSTALL#

I've often wondered the same thing- why does the Mac require the user to jump through a bunch of manual hoops to install an application? Why not use a traditional installer (a.k.a. I genuinely do not understand why on a platform that makes things really simple, where the mantra is that stuff 'just works', ordinary users are expected to do all these manual steps. The Mac installation process is like the Windows do-it-all-yourself case.ДЄgain, I'm not trying to slam the Mac. In the Windows world, you'll sometimes find shareware where the author gives two options: an installer, or a zip file where you can do everything yourself. To me, that seems like a lot of manual steps.

Get rid of the three (!) things on the desktop: The dmg, the FooDownload.dmg Folder, and the file.

Close the FooDownload.dmg Folder window.

Close the window with the dragging instructions.

I have to find the Applications folder, and drop the icon into it.ДЄt this point, the application is installed.I agreed to that, and a window appears with an application icon, and instructions to 'Drag this icon to your Applications folder'.I opened that, a license agreement appears.At this point, nothing is happening, so I opened the folder, inside was a FooDownload.dmg icon.StuffIt Expander launched automatically, and gave me a FooDownload.dmg Folder on the desktop.Here's what I did to install the application Foo : Ned Batchelder shares a complaint about the Mac application installation process:

Windows cannot find setup exe