| Subject | RE: [firebird-support] Why is firebird on my computer? - Email found in subject |
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| Author | Leyne, Sean |
| Post date | 2010-06-18T18:49:52Z |
Jim,
I would be very difficult to find out what software installed the EXE, since no central registry of applications which use Firebird is maintained.
So, I would suggest that you rename the "EXE" to "EXE_OLD" and see if an application complains*.
Sean
*If you do figure out which application is the problem, give the developer heck! They should be publishing a list of EXE/DLL which their application installs, so that users know "what is what".
> i've just noticed fbserver.exe in my firewall information... don't understandFirst, the Firebird project does not "push out" Firebird installs. The EXE is present because some software you have installed locally has included the Firebird engine.
> why its there!
I would be very difficult to find out what software installed the EXE, since no central registry of applications which use Firebird is maintained.
So, I would suggest that you rename the "EXE" to "EXE_OLD" and see if an application complains*.
Sean
*If you do figure out which application is the problem, give the developer heck! They should be publishing a list of EXE/DLL which their application installs, so that users know "what is what".