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Has anyone else noticed how large the visual web pack is on XP for 5.5 & 5.5.1? Go to Control Panel > Add Remove programs Locate the Netbeans 5.5 (orage icons) - these are ok Now locate the Visual web (glue/green icons) - these are huge. I have a visualweb 5.5 and 5.5.1 pack installed and they are both showing at 4GB (image attached). Sherry has one that shows as 2GB. Joanne has a 1 & 3GB so the size seems to be random. I only noticed this because I keep uninstalling NB6 (which shows correctly)
Created attachment 41669 [details] Larks 5.5 & 5.5.1
Created attachment 41670 [details] joanne's 5.5 & 5.5.1
For me, VW 5.5 Install 061127_6 shows as 4,125.00MB Explorer shows it as using 71.3 MB (74,825,728 bytes) VW 5.5.1 Install 070321_1 shows as 4,020.00MB Explorer shows it as using 63.8 MB (66,912,256 bytes) lark
P1 ??? actual disk space is 220 or so MB btw, for 6.0, the size looks accurate
This IS a 5.5.1 bug ONLY. A new RC candidate will need to be created.
Why is this a P1? Although the data there is incorrect, I don't agree this deserves to be a P1 or a showstopper. What's the impact for this issue? You still can uninstall successfully, can't you? How many people pay attention to this or care whether it's accurate or not? The fact is that we shipped 5.5 or even Crator with this issue. Technically, the size shown in the Add/Remove Program window is generated by the Windows OS dynamically based on the uninstall registry key that is provided by the installer. The installer uses the InstallShield API to register this with the OS and it then shows up in the Add & Remove Program window. There is not much that we can do about this issue. Hence, I'm closing this as will not fix.
Marking this for release notes since it will not be fixed. Machines without space to compensate for this issue should not be used.