Newsreader but NO install

  • Thread starter Thread starter Vincent
  • Start date Start date
V

Vincent

Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
but I'm searching only those that don't need installation - just unzipo and
go (the progs I prefer).
One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?

Thanks.
 
Vincent said:
Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
but I'm searching only those that don't need installation - just unzipo and
go (the progs I prefer).
One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

yes nx is another that you just unpack & use.
 
lunedì 02/feb/2004 _Vincent_ ha scritto:
Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
but I'm searching only those that don't need installation - just unzipo and
go (the progs I prefer).
One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

Another is Dialog, that uses a few .ini files in its own folder.
 
Another is Dialog, that uses a few .ini files in its own folder.
Click to expand...

Hmmm ... it's a .exe, and if I click on it, I see it launch its installer
.... maybe it just makes its own directory and nothing more?

Grazie per la risposta, e per il link! Ciao.

PS il mio inglese fa davvero acqua come pare a me?
 
lunedì 02/feb/2004 _Vincent_ ha scritto:
Hmmm ... it's a .exe, and if I click on it, I see it launch its installer
... maybe it just makes its own directory and nothing more?
Click to expand...

Yes. I've read that maybe it writes in the registry which browser you choose
to open the links, but I'm not sure about it because my default is IE6.
I remember to have monitored my install with Total Uninstall and then to
have deleted that record because there was no meaningful change in the
registry. Now, to be sure, I've searched my registry for "40tude", "Dialog",
and alike. Found nothing.
Grazie per la risposta, e per il link! Ciao.
Click to expand...
Ciao! Ho risposto in inglese perché qui è obbligatorio :)
PS il mio inglese fa davvero acqua come pare a me?
Click to expand...
Direi che siamo allo stesso livello!
 
MLC said:
Yes. I've read that maybe it writes in the registry which browser you choose
to open the links, but I'm not sure about it because my default is IE6.
I remember to have monitored my install with Total Uninstall and then to
have deleted that record because there was no meaningful change in the
registry. Now, to be sure, I've searched my registry for "40tude", "Dialog",
and alike. Found nothing.
Click to expand...

Dialog, and most newsreaders, do not write which browser to use to
registry, they read from registry what browser is set up as default
browser.

When you start a web browser you often see a question:
"Do you want to use this browser as your default web browser?"

If you answer yes it will write into the registry the settings which makes
that web browser start every time you click on an url link, and every time
another program wants to use a web browser.

So, the news program does not decide what web browser to use, it uses the
web browser you have installed as the default web browser.

If you want to change the web browser it uses you have to start your web
browser, and reply yes to that question, or go into the settings of the web
browser and tell it to set itself up as the default browser.

There are exceptions, some newsreaders have settings in the program for
which browser to use, but most programs simply use the default browser in
the operating system.
 
Di /lunedì, 02 febbraio 2004/, *Vincent* ha scritto:
Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
but I'm searching only those that don't need installation - just
unzipo and go (the progs I prefer).
One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?
Click to expand...

Pimmy ;o)

www.geminisoft.com

Bye.
 
Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
but I'm searching only those that don't need installation - just unzipo and
go (the progs I prefer).
One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?
Click to expand...

Free Agent comes with an installer but after it is installed you can
copy that folder to another computer and it will run as a standalone
program. It does write a registry key or two but it will function
without them. I think the reg key is to allow it to be chosen as the
default news handler. If you are trying to run this on a machine
where you do not have admin access, copying and pasting the entire
Free Agent folder into your my documents folder should work. If your
concern is registry bloat, you can probably delete the keys it adds
with no problem. I run Agent (the shareware version of Free Agent)
from a USB thumb drive at work.
_________
Suzanne
 
I remember to have monitored my install with Total Uninstall
and then to have deleted that record because there was no meaningful
change in the registry. Now, to be sure, I've searched my registry for
"40tude", "Dialog", and alike. Found nothing.
Click to expand...

OK thank you.
Ciao! Ho risposto in inglese perché qui è obbligatorio :)
Click to expand...

E infatti io ho diviso il post in due: la risposta in inglese e i
ringraziamenti in italiano!
Direi che siamo allo stesso livello!
Click to expand...

Avanti tutta col salvagente a paperella! :-)
 
| Di /lunedì, 02 febbraio 2004/, *Vincent* ha scritto:
|
| > Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
| > but I'm searching only those that don't need installation -
just
| > unzipo and go (the progs I prefer).
| > One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?
|
| Pimmy ;o)
|
| www.geminisoft.com

Can you provide more detail about this program?

Richard
 
Di /venerdì, 06 febbraio 2004/, *Richard Steinfeld* ha scritto:
| > Well a post on newsreader again ... :-)
| > but I'm searching only those that don't need installation - just
| > unzipo and go (the progs I prefer).
| > One is Xnews, the one I use; do other this kind exist?
|
| Pimmy ;o)
|
| www.geminisoft.com

Can you provide more detail about this program?
Click to expand...

http://www.geminisoft.com/pimmy.eng/frameset.htm

,----- [ *from newsreaders.com* ]
| Pimmy by Geminisoft does mail and news. Also can chat with Pimmy
| users on the same LAN. " Pimmy is less then 400K and the program
| consists in only one executable file. The program itself and all the
| documentation in HTLM format are contained in a compressed .zip file
| less than 200K. Pimmy has been written using C++ language with no
| external libraries, so it is very fast and small. Pimmy takes
| advantage of multithreading (more tasks of the same process executed
| at the "same" time) so many operations are faster. In addition all
| operations do not "block" the user interface, so the user can always
| stop Pimmy."
`-----

Bye.
 
Back
Top