[X4U] stupid n00b question

[Scott McCulloch]

No such thing as a stupid question... only potentially stupid  
answers. Here's my shot at avoiding stupidity:

As I understand it, most of what an application needs is within the  
application bundle itself - so moving them around should pose no  
problem. I have applications in a variety of places, including sub- 
folders within the Applications folder, some within my Home folder,  
others on another partition altogether. The only problem I'm aware of  
is when you go to update an application - the updater may not know  
what to do if it can't find the original where it expects it. Some  
updaters will allow you to tell it where the app is, others will just  
not work until you put the app back where it wants it to be.

Scott


On Jun 9, 2005, at 2:56 AM, DZ-Jay wrote:

> Hello:
>     I know this will sound stupid for you, but I'm an ex-Windowze  
> user, so when considering executables, I think of registry hives  
> and DLL hells.  My question is, if I want to organize my  
> Applications folder, can I just move the applications (post- 
> install) into sub-directories, and then update any links/aliases,  
> or would that completely break the application and its dependecies?
>
>     dZ.
>
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