Ask Client / Server Name During Install (1 Viewer)

Thread starter MrTechno
Start date January 2, 2014

MrTechno

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January 2, 2014

The installer should ask what you'd like the client and server to be called; it's the first thing I wanted to change. Maybe default it to "MP2 (Client or Server) <machine name>"?

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