Patent ID: 6202121
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium storing an application program module to be installed on a disk of an end-user's computer system, comprising:the application program module, comprising a plurality of files including launch-related portions;a load sequence list indicating the order in which the launch-related portions of the plurality of files are to be read during application program launch and, based on the order that the launch-related portions of the plurality of files are to be read, indicating the order in which the files are to be installed on the disk of the end-user's computer system, the load sequence list being determined prior to installing the application program module on the disk of the end-user's computer system; andcomputer-executable instructions for:identifying at least one group of contiguous free clusters comprising the largest number of contiguous free clusters on the disk of the end-user's computer system, andinstalling the launch-related portions of the plurality of files in the at least one group of contiguous free clusters, the launch-related portions being stored on the disk in the order indicated in the load sequence list.