Hi Doug, Iam an example of someone who wants a simple way of completely restoring factory settings. If an uninstall and then reinstall is necessary, then so be it, though I was naturally hoping for something that I could do with a script.
The risk of an administrator changing All Users settings after installation is a bit of a red herring here <smile>. I keep talking about an individual who has done a quick install and then wants to get back to that initial state. Let us assume that there is no one else controling the user's access to Window-Eyes, and the user has not done something odd like dig into the All Users folder and change such files. So, in this situation, can the files in the All Users folder be copied into the user profile folder? Is there any way a script can programmatically restore all factory settings, or is the UI required? Jamal On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Doug Geoffray wrote: > Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:46:12 -0400 > From: Doug Geoffray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Restoring factory settings > > Jamal, > > Sure, it is possible to change options in All Users. Again, this is by > design if the admin wishes to update the defaults. If you have admin > privs then you can switch to the all users profile at any time from the > Window-Eyes file menu. Once you switch to this profile anything you > change will be updated in the all users profile. > > But unlike most uninstallers, Window-Eyes will clean up after itself so > all the user profiles the admin privs allows will be removed including > the all user's profile. > > If you know all user's profile is okay to use then you can simply delete > your %appdata%\gw micro\window-eyes\users directory and the next time > you launch Window-Eyes it will create a new version of that from all > users profile. Or of course you could just backup your %appdata%\gw > micro\window-eyes\users\default directory and restore it if you totally > kill your sets. > > But in most cases unless the user runs text2set, they aren't likely to > destroy all their sets. They can simply use the set file manager and > restore the Window-Eyes defaults and then just the applications they may > have manually altered as well. But again, it isn't likely they will > destroy the Window-Eyes defaults and 20 applications before they figured > out the change they made wasn't good and the only way to restore things > is with the factory defaults so I think the red flag is waving a bit too > much here <smile> > > Doug > > Jamal Mazrui wrote: > > Are you saying that Window-Eyes may have made changes from the defaults > > within the All Users folder? If Window-Eyes is uninstalled, does it > > eliminate the user profile folder? Often, uninstallers leave files that > > were modified or created by the user. Does a new WE install overwrite > > such files? > > > > Jamal > > On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Aaron Smith wrote: > > > > > >> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:08:54 -0400 > >> From: Aaron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: Restoring factory settings > >> > >> Jamal Mazrui wrote: > >> > >>> The user would like to return to the starting point of > >>> the WE installation with all default settings (e.g., of the quick > >>> install). > >>> > >> Because there's no guarantee that the all users profile hasn't been > >> mucked with, the only solution to get a true, clean factory install is > >> to uninstall, and re-install. Because the quick install is, well, quick, > >> it's simple to do. We recommend this as support techs when people want > >> to do what you're asking about. > >> > >> Aaron > >> > >> -- > >> To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past > >> correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information > >> pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW > >> Micro Technical Support Team. > >> > >> Aaron Smith > >> GW Micro > >> Phone: 260/489-3671 > >> Fax: 260/489-2608 > >> WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com > >> FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com > >> Technical Support & Web Development > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Doug Geoffray > GW Micro, Inc. > Voice 260-489-3671 > Fax 260-489-2608 > http://www.gwmicro.com > >
