Did anyone bother to test if this works nowadays on Windows?
I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't work either.
Then you are beating a dead horse here.
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You should never rely on a Google-based platform for your application or service. Yes, that's true for other vendors as well but with Google it's a very persistent habit.
Hello joaopa,
thanks, but no need for that oldversion.fr link which redirects to a CDN for downloads = might not be stable enough.
The Internet Archive has already snapshotted the original Google link:
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Saved 97 times between July 21, 2012 and October 18, 2020.
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https:/ /web.archive. org/web/ */http: //dl.google. com/picasa/ picasa39- setup.exe
https:/ /web.archive. org/web/ 20120721231101/ http:// dl.google. com/picasa/ picasa39- setup.exe
Tidbit:
https:/ /support. google. com/picasa/ answer/ 6383491? hl=en&visit_ id=637427832873 233977- 573366911& rd=3
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What's happening to Picasa, Picasa Web Albums, and the Picasa Web Albums API?
Picasa is now retired. (If you speak English, you can read the blog post here.)
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https:/ /web.archive. org/web/ 20201108170949/ http:// googlephotos. blogspot. com/2016/ 02/moving- on-from- picasa. html
--- snip --- .wine/drive_ c/Program Files (x86)/Google/ Picasa3
$ pwd
/home/focht/
$ WINEDEBUG=+msgbox wine ./Picasa3.exe
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Top right -> 'Sign in with Google Account'
--- snip --- ieframe: DocObjectServic e_IsErrorUrl 00193140 L"https:/ /accounts. google. com/o/oauth2/ programmatic_ auth?scope= https:/ /www.googleapis .com/auth/ userinfo% 23email+ https:/ /mail.google. com/+https: //www.googleapi s.com/auth/ photos+ https:/ /www.google. com/m8/ feeds/+ https:/ /picasaweb. google. com/c/+ https:/ /www.googleapis .com/auth/ plus.stream. write+"... 003169FC ieframe: handle_ navigation_ error Navigate to error page msgbox: MSGBOX_ OnInit L"There was a problem authenticating your account" ntdll:RtlpWaitF orCriticalSecti on section 00E16800 "?" wait timed out in thread 0140, blocked by 0024, retrying (60 sec)
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0024:fixme:
0024:fixme:
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0024:trace:
0140:err:
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Did anyone bother to test if this works nowadays on Windows?
I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't work either.
Then you are beating a dead horse here.
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You should never rely on a Google-based platform for your application or service. Yes, that's true for other vendors as well but with Google it's a very persistent habit.
https:/ /killedbygoogle .com/
$ sha1sum picasa39-setup.exe dc0d256f621dc36 3872309452 picasa39-setup.exe
91fff14aec95a6b
$ du -sh picasa39-setup.exe
15M picasa39-setup.exe
$ wine --version
wine-6.0-rc1
Regards