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Number   :  4717
Date     :  2003-06-02
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Latest Version in Zip format?
Size(KB) :  1



Pat wrote:

>Hi to all,
>I.m not sure, so I will ask. Better safe than sorry.
>I have downloaded the latest version which is in Zip format. Is it
>OK to simply unzip it, over the existing XXcopy, or should I first
>uninstall, if possible, the existing version then install the new??
>Thanks to all
>Kind regards
>Pat

You could unzip the XXCOPY.ZIP file into the directory
where XXCOPY.EXE is stored in your computer.

I never thought about it. It carries a risk of overwriting
other files whose name collides with what XXCOPY's download
file contains. E.g., we have our own README.TXT file
and INSTALL.BAT. We do not guarantee that none of the
files in our download file have name common to other files
of importance.

Since we generally recommend storing the XXCOPY executable
at C:\windows\system32\ (for XP) or C:\windows\command\
(for Win9x), you may be risking a possibility that some
of your important files may be overwritten.

Our recommendation is to unzip into a temporary directory
and from the temporary directory, run the following command
(if you have your XXCOPY.LIC file, you should place it to
the temporary directory).

XXCOPY /INSTALL

XXCOPY then will rename old version of its copy in the
destination (usually the above-mentioned directory)
with the version number encoded into the filename and
copy the new files into the home directory. The
README.DOC (and possibly other) file will not be copied.
After the installation, you can discard any file in the
temporary directory.

The above procedure is the official installation procedure.
But, there is nothing wrong to simply copy the new version
over the old version.

Kan Yabumoto



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