Anyone have a C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder?

[Bill Watt]

The C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder is dated within 10 minutes of
installing the Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program. The
folder is 25MB. A sub-folder GAC contains a slew of folders,
including Accessibility, MSJscript, Microsoft.VisualBasic. All
together 89 folders and 88 files.

Nothing in the folder seems related to the program.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

[PCR]

Nope. I go from Applog\ to Catroot\, and there is no Assembly\ anywhere
on C:\, nor a Gac\, I am glad to say.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=assembly+folder&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
14,300 others have wondered about it, though.


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"Bill Watt" > wrote in message
...
|
| The C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder is dated within 10 minutes of
| installing the Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program. The
| folder is 25MB. A sub-folder GAC contains a slew of folders,
| including Accessibility, MSJscript, Microsoft.VisualBasic. All
| together 89 folders and 88 files.
|
| Nothing in the folder seems related to the program.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Regards,
|
| Bill Watt
| Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
|

[... et al.]

Bill Watt wrote:
> The C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder is dated within 10 minutes of
> installing the Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program. The
> folder is 25MB. A sub-folder GAC contains a slew of folders,
> including Accessibility, MSJscript, Microsoft.VisualBasic. All
> together 89 folders and 88 files.
>
> Nothing in the folder seems related to the program.
>
> Any ideas?
>

That folder and many files therein gets created if you install
Microsoft.NET. The Greeting Card SW prolly is .NET dependent software
and installs it (or part of it) if it sees you haven't done so already.

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[Bill Watt]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:17:04 GMT, "... et al."
> wrote:

>Bill Watt wrote:
>> The C:\WINDOWS\assembly folder is dated within 10 minutes of
>> installing the Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program. The
>> folder is 25MB. A sub-folder GAC contains a slew of folders,
>> including Accessibility, MSJscript, Microsoft.VisualBasic. All
>> together 89 folders and 88 files.
>>
>> Nothing in the folder seems related to the program.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
>That folder and many files therein gets created if you install
>Microsoft.NET. The Greeting Card SW prolly is .NET dependent software
>and installs it (or part of it) if it sees you haven't done so already.

Looks like that's it. I re-named the folder and will see if the
program complains. If it does I'll probably un-install the program.
Now I don't trust it. I tried to examine the folders on the
program's CD's and most are locked. You can't even view them. After
the test I'll delete the folder, I don't want .NET on the machine.

Thanks for the information, I appreciate it.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

[Bill Watt]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 03:21:23 -0400, "PCR" > wrote:

>Nope. I go from Applog\ to Catroot\, and there is no Assembly\ anywhere
>on C:\, nor a Gac\, I am glad to say.
>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=assembly+folder&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
>14,300 others have wondered about it, though.

I think Dot Net is the forerunner code for leasing programs for a
fee on an annual basis. Big bucks there. It helps the vendors keep
track of their accounts. Why this program installs it bears looking
into. I can understand why it doesn't say anything about it and just
slips a 22MB folder on the machine.

All those computer owners asking about it indicates that it's
spreading like the plague.

The Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program is created by Nova
Development with some portions written by Lead Technologies.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

[Bill Watt]

On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:56:32 -0400, Bill Watt >
wrote:

>On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 03:21:23 -0400, "PCR" > wrote:
>
>>Nope. I go from Applog\ to Catroot\, and there is no Assembly\ anywhere
>>on C:\, nor a Gac\, I am glad to say.
>>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=assembly+folder&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
>>14,300 others have wondered about it, though.
>
>I think Dot Net is the forerunner code for leasing programs for a
>fee on an annual basis. Big bucks there. It helps the vendors keep
>track of their accounts. Why this program installs it bears looking
>into. I can understand why it doesn't say anything about it and just
>slips a 22MB folder on the machine.
>
>All those computer owners asking about it indicates that it's
>spreading like the plague.
>
>The Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program is created by Nova
>Development with some portions written by Lead Technologies.

Found another folder, same time and date, C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET.
This one is 32MB. That's 54MB of files not needed for the Greeting
Card program. All kinds of Web, Counter, Visual Basic and
Microsoft.JScript files included. The main program in Program Files
is 1.2GB. No wonder it comes on two CD's.

I think I know what this is all about but it needs to be checked
out.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

[PCR]

I have no "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET", either. That is really a slob,
that "Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3". I'd rather just go to Rite
Aid! I see in response to ... et al., you have renamed the folder(s).
May as well search the Registry for those folder names...

C:\WINDOWS\assembly
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET
C:\WINDOWS\Micros~1

That last presumes it is "~1". Look at Properties to be sure. I suppose
any mention in the Registry of anything in those folders MUST also
mention the folder name.


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"Bill Watt" > wrote in message
...
| On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:56:32 -0400, Bill Watt >
| wrote:
|
| >On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 03:21:23 -0400, "PCR" > wrote:
| >
| >>Nope. I go from Applog\ to Catroot\, and there is no Assembly\
anywhere
| >>on C:\, nor a Gac\, I am glad to say.
|
>>http://groups.google.com/groups?q=assembly+folder&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=
Google+Search
| >>14,300 others have wondered about it, though.
| >
| >I think Dot Net is the forerunner code for leasing programs for a
| >fee on an annual basis. Big bucks there. It helps the vendors keep
| >track of their accounts. Why this program installs it bears looking
| >into. I can understand why it doesn't say anything about it and just
| >slips a 22MB folder on the machine.
| >
| >All those computer owners asking about it indicates that it's
| >spreading like the plague.
| >
| >The Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3 program is created by Nova
| >Development with some portions written by Lead Technologies.
|
| Found another folder, same time and date, C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET.
| This one is 32MB. That's 54MB of files not needed for the Greeting
| Card program. All kinds of Web, Counter, Visual Basic and
| Microsoft.JScript files included. The main program in Program Files
| is 1.2GB. No wonder it comes on two CD's.
|
| I think I know what this is all about but it needs to be checked
| out.
|
| Regards,
|
| Bill Watt
| Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
|

[... et al.]

PCR wrote:
> I have no "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET", either. That is really a slob,
> that "Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3". I'd rather just go to Rite
> Aid! I see in response to ... et al., you have renamed the folder(s).
> May as well search the Registry for those folder names...
>
> C:\WINDOWS\assembly
> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET
> C:\WINDOWS\Micros~1
>
> That last presumes it is "~1". Look at Properties to be sure. I suppose
> any mention in the Registry of anything in those folders MUST also
> mention the folder name.
>

he-he, 1.2 GB's worth. That's one helluva greeting.

When i installed the DotNet DL'ed from M$ website by itself, i got an
entry in the "Add/Remove Programs" CP-applet, "Microsoft .NET Framework
1.1". If it exsits it is probably the best way to rinse the system of
most associated things. What was added to other places .. "C:\Program
Files\Common Files\", misc. places in the registry etc.?

Additionally, when using a DotNet dependent program, i got a 3rd folder
created in my Windows folder named as my login-name (e.g.
"C:\Windows\John Doe\"), with more stuff in there.

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[PCR]

I never took "Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1", as it wasn't a critical.
And I don't recall WHAT it was for. Lucky I decided against it, then, if
it is 1.2 GB! That would nearly DOUBLE the size of my machine, for God's
sake! And I'm sure I already don't know half of what is ALREADY in here!
Good luck with it, you & Watt.


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"... et al." > wrote in message
...
| PCR wrote:
| > I have no "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET", either. That is really a slob,
| > that "Greeting Card Factory Deluxe ver. 3". I'd rather just go to
Rite
| > Aid! I see in response to ... et al., you have renamed the
folder(s).
| > May as well search the Registry for those folder names...
| >
| > C:\WINDOWS\assembly
| > C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET
| > C:\WINDOWS\Micros~1
| >
| > That last presumes it is "~1". Look at Properties to be sure. I
suppose
| > any mention in the Registry of anything in those folders MUST also
| > mention the folder name.
| >
|
| he-he, 1.2 GB's worth. That's one helluva greeting.
|
| When i installed the DotNet DL'ed from M$ website by itself, i got an
| entry in the "Add/Remove Programs" CP-applet, "Microsoft .NET
Framework
| 1.1". If it exsits it is probably the best way to rinse the system of
| most associated things. What was added to other places .. "C:\Program
| Files\Common Files\", misc. places in the registry etc.?
|
| Additionally, when using a DotNet dependent program, i got a 3rd
folder
| created in my Windows folder named as my login-name (e.g.
| "C:\Windows\John Doe\"), with more stuff in there.
|
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[... et al.]

PCR wrote:
> I never took "Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1", as it wasn't a critical.
> And I don't recall WHAT it was for. Lucky I decided against it, then, if
> it is 1.2 GB! That would nearly DOUBLE the size of my machine, for God's
> sake! And I'm sure I already don't know half of what is ALREADY in here!
> Good luck with it, you & Watt.

No, no, no. It's not quite that bad.

1.2 GB was the size of the Greeting Card SW's main folder Bill
installed. The DotNet Framework 1.1 Installer/Archive i downloaded is
/only/ 23.1 MB.

What it's for .. it seems to be somekind of modern day runtime
environment, like the Visual Basic 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x Runtime Files, the
Visual C[++] X.x Runtime Files, and so on, and so on, that one need to
have installed for certain software to function.

Many times software that needs a runtime-environment to function, the
redistributable runtime-files are distributed as part of the software
package ... just like seems to be the case with Bill and his greetings.

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[PCR]

I see. That's a relief it wasn't .NET the slob. Well, nothing I have is
refusing to run for lack of it. Therefore, I see little/no need yet to
take even 23.1 MB. It's not as if I intend to study it. I've had the
other two you mention for quite some time, & yet do not know even where
they are in here. OK, thanks.


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"... et al." > wrote in message
...
| PCR wrote:
| > I never took "Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1", as it wasn't a
critical.
| > And I don't recall WHAT it was for. Lucky I decided against it,
then, if
| > it is 1.2 GB! That would nearly DOUBLE the size of my machine, for
God's
| > sake! And I'm sure I already don't know half of what is ALREADY in
here!
| > Good luck with it, you & Watt.
|
| No, no, no. It's not quite that bad.
|
| 1.2 GB was the size of the Greeting Card SW's main folder Bill
| installed. The DotNet Framework 1.1 Installer/Archive i downloaded is
| /only/ 23.1 MB.
|
| What it's for .. it seems to be somekind of modern day runtime
| environment, like the Visual Basic 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x Runtime Files,
the
| Visual C[++] X.x Runtime Files, and so on, and so on, that one need to
| have installed for certain software to function.
|
| Many times software that needs a runtime-environment to function, the
| redistributable runtime-files are distributed as part of the software
| package ... just like seems to be the case with Bill and his
greetings.
|
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