Strange folder config for Windows standalone

Klaus on-rev klaus at major.on-rev.com
Sun Feb 12 07:05:21 EST 2012


Hi Pete,

Am 12.02.2012 um 08:43 schrieb Pete:

> I'm building a standalone for my app for Mac (Intel only) and Windows.
> After the build, I compress the two versions separately (using the OS X
> "Compress this file" option) so they can be downloaded from my web site by
> clicking on a link to them.
> 
> After they Windows version is unzipped, I see two folders.  The normal
> Windows folder with the .exe and Externals, an another folder name _MacOSX
> which contains a Windows.  It seems like the Mac Compress function is
> adding this _MacOSX folder for some reason.  Has anyone else come across
> this?

Yep, that's "normal" (Mac) behaviour!

The folder with the underscore contains the Mac resources of the files, which 
are invisible on the Mac, and can be trashed under Windows. 

But this is of course most irritating for an average Windows user :-)

> Pete

Best

Klaus

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