Posted by Perseus on 10/14/05 21:05

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:00:36 +0100, Triffid <spamme@microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Although they claim that they look for the WinMX folder to install in,
>it obviously missed mine in the well-hidden d:/winmx, because it
>installed to C:/Program Files/PIE Patch. And once again, it removed all
>entries in the hosts file that weren't connected to it, in the same
>manner that the dll just destroys the hosts file.
>
>That said it works fine and connects quickly, so I can't complain too much.
>
>It's sad that factional fighting has broken out between two groups of
>people with supposedly identical aims, both of which appear to include
>members with megalomaniac tendencies. Since the DLL failed so soon after
>its appearance many users have reverted to the 'hosts fix' of some sort,
> so I guess KM and his followers are smarting a bit.

Triffid,

Well, it's likely then that the programmer who wrote the "PIE Patch"
installer couldn't imagine any user having WinMX installed anywhere
else but in C:\Program Files, or was too lazy to offer a choice for the
desired location. I'm not sure though cuz I don't need to use the
installer.

Indeed the "PIE Patch" installer removes stuff from your "hosts" file,
it goes about doing that like this:

1. It reads the user's "hosts" file, removing any lines with the string
"winmx.com". This preserves the user's existing data, but removes
anything that was added in order to restore WinMX function.
2. It combines the user's "hosts" file (which now has WinMX references
removed) with the "PIE Patch" manual file, which only contains WinMX
references. The combined file is copied over the user's old "hosts"
file, yielding the updated one.

What makes you say though, that "the dll just destroys the hosts file"?
Has it done that in your case? Has the "ws2_32.dll" installer (v1.9)
actually destroyed your "hosts" file? Beside the fact that such action
is needless, I haven't heard of that happening before. Since I don't
need to use the installer myself, I can't easily verify this however,
you see.

Greetz,

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Perseus

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