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Aerial Apple TV screen saver for Windows
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SCR file not installing on Windows 7 #90

Closed ghost closed 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

I am runing Windows 7 64-bit and the SCR will not install properly. I right-click on the SCR file, hit install, and it opens up the Display dialog. It says Aerial is set to be the screensaver, but once you delete the original install SCR, it removes it. You physically have to copy and paste the SCR file into C:\Windows\System32 to keep it as a permanent screensaver.

alistairmcmillan commented 7 years ago

That's the way Windows works. :) Not much Dmitry can do about it. If you want that changed you'll need to speak to Microsoft.

ghost commented 7 years ago

Perhaps the dev could update the Readme.md to say this instead of what's on there. That would be great!

alistairmcmillan commented 7 years ago

You know you can fork the repo, make your own modification to the readme.md file and submit your modifications as a Pull Request. :)

cDima commented 7 years ago

Not sure where the installation steps misguided you, it never said to delete the original .scr file. Having it work from the downloads folder is a bit iffy, but I can mention to save it to a permanent location. Making an installer is painful, unfortunately, and would need paid certificates in a Click-Once installment afaik. Updating the readme is preferred.

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I am runing Windows 7 64-bit and the SCR will not install properly. I right-click on the SCR file, hit install, and it opens up the Display dialog. It says Aerial is set to be the screensaver, but once you delete the original install SCR, it removes it. You physically have to copy and paste the SCR file into C:\Windows\System32 to keep it as a permanent screensaver.

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ghost commented 7 years ago

You don't need an installer. You just need to know where to install it on what OS.

alistairmcmillan commented 7 years ago

Unfortunately if you make the instructions more complex you can introduce other problems. If you tell people to put the SCR file in the canonical location for screensavers (c:\Windows\System32) then you're going to potentially confuse people who don't have sufficient rights to put a file in that folder that suddenly get error messages.

Worth noting that the screensaver has been downloaded about 50,000 times and this is the first time it's come up. :) And you managed to figure it out yourself. :)

krzystoff commented 7 years ago

@alistairmcmillan of those 'about 50,000 downloads' how many people were registered with github.com ? of those who downloaded the windows version and were registered with github.com successfully installed and activated the screensaver ?
It seems difficult to gauge the effectiveness of the instruction where the recipient has to jump through several hoops (i.e. registration/ verification/ login/ search forum/ post comment) to lodge a question, and the information to answer their own questions may be available elsewhere, but (as was my experience) may not apply to the version of their operating system or the files included with the screensaver.
Perhaps it's assumed that people attempting to make use of this tool have a high degree of technical know-how and/or ability to find and use the information ?

cDima commented 7 years ago

@krzystoff some people also email me about issues or suggestions, having found my email via the readme on the page. There haven't been emails with people suddenly missing the file. I'm guessing they understand that deleting the screensaver doesn't leave a trace of it on the system, so they save it somewhere safe. If you suggest modifications to the readme.md file of the project to clarify as @alistairmcmillan suggested, I'd love to commit them.