I just installed Master Collection CS6 on a new machine and updated it to the latest versions.
But, the installer is still so utterly stupid and I have been complaining about that for years, filed numerous feature requests, but nothing happens. It is still the same approach as three years ago and nothing has improved.
What do I mean:
Every program in the Suite installs up to 40+ languages in the AMT directory, it repeats that in the Legal directory, then again repeats that in the OBLRes directory , sometimes even in the LMResources and RegLoc directory.
On a typical install this eats up more than 3 GB of space, just in order to show me the EULA in Afghan, Rumenian, Finnish, Arabic, Mandarin, Bulgarian, Taiwanese and what have you. Not only that, these files are replicated a multitude of times, slow down the download and installation and require quite some effort to get rid of that crap.
Adobe, why can't you make a simple installer like Microsoft that installs in either the selected language or the location that is set for the computer.?
There is no use for me to see your legal rights in one of the many (for me) unintelligible languages. Make it simple and save people time and around 3-4 GB space. Additionally, store all that crap in a central place like Adobe/Common, instead of replicating this all over the place for each and every application in the Suite.
Since you have never done anything with my earlier feature requests, this may be the better way to get your attention.
Sorry to sound so p*ssed off, but having to go through each and every program to clean up your mess, does not make me happy.
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