Hi Matt,
I did a complete power-down and reboot between uninstallion and
reinstallation.
Past experience with Microsoft has taught me that its a quick and simple
precaution to take.
The DDBs open OK on the other Protel-enabled PC in the office. So I'm
pretty certain that the DDBs themselves are in good health.
I did find that a number of files and the complete directory structure
were left on the hard disk after uninstalling. I'm wondering now if there
was something left behind that is still upsetting things. I now intend to
uninstall again and delete anything I can find with Explorer that has
anything to do with Protel99SE before a reinstall. I'll keep my fingers
crossed.
Thanks for the input,
LINDEN DOYLE
Product Development Engineer
Zener Electric Pty Ltd
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-----Original Message-----
From: van de Werken, Matthew (DEM, PH) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Protel EDA Forum' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, 21 May 2001 12:22
Subject: Re: [PEDA] My protel won't load DDBs
>I hate to be a nit-picker, but did you reboot between uninstalling and
>reinstalling?
>
>This *might* have been a problem, but I wouldn't necessarily bet a full
>uninstall-reinstall cycle on it...
>
>This has probably already been covered, but does the .ddb file open on
>another computer with 99SE installed?
>
>Cheers,
>MvdW
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Linden Doyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Monday, 21 May 2001 11:38
>> To: Protel EDA Forum
>> Subject: Re: [PEDA] My protel won't load DDBs
>>
>>
>> OK - Now I'm in official panic mode!
>>
>> I have uninstalled all Service Packs in reverse order (ie:
>> SP6 then SP5....)
>> I have uninstalled Protel99SE
>>
>> I have re-installed Protel99SE
>> I have re-installed SP6
>>
>> The problem is still here.
>> Protel still insists on importing the DDB I'm attempting to
>> open into a DDB.
>>
>> Arrrrggh!
>>
>>
>> One interesting thing I did note during the re-install was that the
>> un-install was smart enough to leave my cutom buttom BMPs alone. I had
>> backed them up anyway.
>>
>> Maybe it comes down to the ODBC drivers......(shudder)
>>
>>
>> LINDEN DOYLE
>> Product Development Engineer
>> Zener Electric Pty Ltd
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Ph: +61 2 9795 3600
>> Fax: +61 2 9795 3611
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Geoff Harland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Monday, 21 May 2001 10:32
>> Subject: Re: [PEDA] My protel won't load DDBs
>>
>>
>> ><snip>
>> >> I guess there is nothing for it now but to remove and reinstall
>> >Protel.
>> >>
>> >> One final request for advise though....
>> >> When removing Protel do I have to uninstall the
>> Service Pack first
>> (or
>> >> all service packs individually - SP4, 5 & 6) or is simply
>> uninstallinf
>> >> Protel99SE sufficient to exorcise all Protel demons from my system?
>> >>
>> >> LINDEN DOYLE
>> >
>> >I would strongly recommend uninstalling SP6 first, and
>> Protel 99 SE last.
>> >And if you have installed yet other SPs, then uninstall them
>> as well, and
>> in
>> >the reverse sequence to which they were installed. That is,
>> uninstall SP6
>> >first, then uninstall SP5, then SP4, then SP3, then Protel
>> 99SE (which
>> >incorporates SP2 within itself) last of all.
>> >
>> >To get the "cleanest" possible de-installation, I would follow up by
>> >deleting any residual files from the Protel folder and/or the Windows
>> folder
>> >(obviously, I am referring to Protel files in the case of the latter
>> >folder). (If you want, you can make backup copies of
>> configuration files,
>> >and store these *elsewhere*, before you commence
>> uninstalling the SPs and
>> >Protel 99 SE.) And if you are really keen, know what you are
>> doing, and are
>> >careful enough, I would even suggest scanning the registry for Protel
>> >entries and purging those as well (after completing the un-install
>> >procedures).
>> >
>> >One thing that can save you some time is to re-install
>> Protel 99 SE, and
>> >then re-install *just* SP6 (without reinstalling any of the
>> previous SPs),
>> >as SP6 (like its predecessors) is cumulative in nature.
>> >
>> >I am sorry to hear that purging the configuration files from
>> the Windows
>> >folder did not fix your problem, so I hope that
>> re-installing Protel 99 SE
>> >does sort things out.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >Geoff Harland.
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