After installing CDGSX5 I have a weird folder on my data drive, as you can see below.
Turns out it contains files for Microsoft XPS Document Writer.
What added it? Was it the corel installer? Was it the .Net update? or maybe 1 of the 4 patches I had to get for the new .Net? Anyone know?
Whatever put that folder there, the root of my E drive is not a good place for it.
Hi.
Looks like setup files for .net install. Microsoft usually does that.
-John
That folder looks like a system back up folder from the original install. At least that what it looks like to me. Not a Corel install either way..
It looks like it is left over from the .net 3.5 setup. I don't know why the .net adds a printer driver.
It appeared after install of X5 because the first thing the X5 installer did was add .net 3.5 & reboot.
I've simply deleted the folder since the printer these files would install is already installed. Pretty sure it's just leftover that should have been cleaned up but was left behind. Why it's in that particular location doesn't make sense to me, but whatever. It's gone now.
Still wonder what the printer is for though, not sure exactly what a XPS document is or why I'd need one...
Andrew said: Why it's in that particular location doesn't make sense to me, but whatever.
It's just the extracted setup for the installer. Many Microsoft downloadable patches and installers do the same. It extracts the contents to a drive other than C to make things go a little faster. It's supposed to be deleted automatically after install but something may have interrupted it.
From http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-vista/Print-to-the-Microsoft-XPS-Document-Writer:
The XPS Document Writer allows you to create .xps files using any program that you run on Windows. XPS documents look the same in print as they do on the screen. They are portable, like any other file that you can e–mail or transfer using a CD, DVD, universal serial bus (USB) drive, or network connection. They are also easy to share because you can view them on any computer where an XPS viewer is installed, even if the computer does not have the same programs that you used to create the original documents. For more information, go to the Microsoft XML Paper Specification website.
Print to the XPS Document Writer when you want to create, send, and share or publish documents that you do not want other people to modify, or when you want to print a document or display it online exactly as it appears on your screen. It's also a good idea to create an XPS document for files that contain graphics or illustrations that might otherwise display differently in print than online or on computers with different monitors.
Some more notes here:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/viewxps.mspx