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Number   :  380
Date     :  2001-07-14
Author   :  Joseph Maddison
Subject  :  nags, yet again
Size(KB) :  1


Ken, I appreciate that you need to make money to support this. As one of 
the, perhaps, few, people that actually registered the original PKZIP, I 
still don't appreciate the (show stopping) nag that doesn't activate until 
you actually *do* something with XXCOPY.

Okay, I said, I know about the nag (and remarked upon this previously) as I 
installed it on another computer (and the installation doesn't say a WORD 
about nagging). So, I figure, maybe I should start XXCOPY.EXE with no 
parameters. That will run the program and I can get on to the nag about 
agreeing to everything instead of having to deal with it in the middle of 
my batch file, which, for some unknown reasons doesn't actually allow me to 
actually specify "Y" to the on screen prompt... when it *finally* appears. 
But... No, that simply displays the on-screen help.

Running my batch file results in a prompt I can't respond to. I have to 
FAKE OUT xxcopy with a "real" operation (try XXCOPY . .., and then answer N 
when it finally asks if you really want to continue with the operation 
after the nag), before it condescends to nag me and allows me to enter "Y" 
to allow it to reside where it has previously.

Especially given the transition from freeware to shareware, I, personally, 
find it extremely annoying that the nag can shut down my modest batch 
operation. Just my $0.02 worth.

Ken, to be honest, your continued interaction and support with XXCOPY is 
likely more than worth the modest registration fee and eventually, even 
though I am a home user, I am likely to contribute for the "pro" version. 
Still, the nag continues to irritate me to no end, even as it goes away 
once I figure out how to say "Y" to it.

Sincerely,
Joseph Maddison
Minneapolis, MN



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