Help me weigh the pros & cons of installing software to a mapped drive

[backlund]

Being that most software today requires the registry, installing software to a mapped drive will probably not allow the software to be used anywhere on the network.

Combined with the obvious performance decrease of pulling the entire application off of a mapped drive, is there any benefit to installing software to a mapped drive?

I have also noted that any software that installs a service, will not load correctly since the drive is not mapped before the service is loaded.

My boss would like to know why we should or should not install software to a mapped drive. Any input is greatly appreciated.

 

[Teknoratti]

Not to be nosy, but what are you looking to do? or should I say why are you looking to do this? I say this not to be a smart alec, I just really want to know.

 

[backlund]

My boss is arguing with me that this is how it HAS to be done. He comes from the DOS and Win 3.1 days before the registry existed. I agree that installing to mapped drives and using it all over the network probably worked then, but he doesn't understand that it doesn't work now. Anyway, I'm just trying to get some verification.