1.5.2 executable on desktops [Archive] - Safer-Networking Forums

Argotmaven

2008-03-05, 17:01

Windows XP, SP2

I recently received version 1.5.2 when updating Spybot in the usual manner. It installed over 1.4 and seems to be working fine. However I have the setup file "spybotsd152.exe" on each of two user's desktops. What should I do with those files? I didn't find that same file in the Spybot Folder. Since everything is working, I'd rather not uninstall/reinstall. Thanks for your help.

PepiMK

2008-03-05, 17:11

That's just the update installer. You can either archive it (so you don't have to re-download when you would want to install it again) or just delete it.

Background: many applications that download huge updates just keep them temporarily. A new stand-alone Internet Explorer version for example is a small 300 KB download, which then downloads many MB. I'm usually going crazy when I have to run this and have it download again on many machines just because it doesn't let me access the full installer it has downloaded.
So we prefer to give the user control over the file ;)