Please consider using a Installer and Web Updater

Ske81:
I think others will love the idea of having a installer - like ArduinoIDE.exe that will install the software on the computer. Also, everytime the IDE it would check for updates in the background. Anyone agree?

Funny that those "hard use operating systems" like Linux already have this.....

But the way of doing it on Linux is that that OS has a tool to do it in a common way
that is outside the application vs having to put this type code into each and every single Application.

My concern is that trying to add something like this to the IDE to solve the issues/limitations in Windows
breaks it for those running more advanced operating systems.

Maybe for the Windows versions, the Arduino guys could put the IDE into the new Microsoft Win8 APP store.
Surely that interface provides for install/update capability?

--- bill