IS the Zen Media Explorer available as a separate install

Am wondering if the Zen Media Explorer is available as a separate download anywhere. Up till now I have been able to explore all the software for the Creative Zen using the compatability wizard, but now the conflicts in the DemoShield installer software have become too much of an issue even with that. I can install the software from my partner's Micro Photo, which uses a far more up-to-date version of of the DemoShield software, but that still leaves me without the Media Explorer for the Zen - and the features only available via that console, such as personal organizer. If the Zen Media Explorer is available as a separate installer, it would enable one to avoid the errors caused by the outdated and incompatible DemoShield installer.
All this does make me wonder why the installer software was not updated when it was re-marketed out here in Australia. The Creative Zen hit our shores a few months after the Micro Photo, and yet DemoShield software is about two and half years older (created in 200!) - why was it never updated so that such problems could have been completely avoided?

Zakhana, you raise a good point about not having to use InDesign on the Mac to submit your app. It makes sense that DPS App Builder works only on a Mac since a Mac is required to create the Apple certificates and submit the app. Apple doesn't allow users to do either of those tasks on a Windows machine. But if you build your folios using a Windows computer, you should be able to use the Mac to sign in to the DPS App Builder directly rather than having to go through InDesign. As you mentioned, you can authorize your Mac, submit your app, and then deauthorize the Mac, but that's extra work.
This Create App workflow for Creative Cloud members also makes updating an app difficult. I'll see if there's a way to improve the Creative Cloud workflow on Windows and let you know what I find out.

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