RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-26 Thread Rohit Gupta
STarted with D2. On 26 May 99 at 14:02, Peter Hyde wrote: Rohit wrote: I have recovered now, but the uninstall had done a thorough job - for eg, it removed registry links to dpr, pas, dpk, rpt etc etc even though I still have D1 and D3 installed and those links were not even pointing

RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-25 Thread Alistair George
Rohit you probably already know this, but if you havent rebooted you can reinstigate all your previous registry settings as they are backed up on each Windows entry: Use the following batch. Restart in MSDOS mode - DONT REBOOT! @echo off echo Simple registry backup. echo Windows 98 automatically

RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-25 Thread Max Renshaw-Fox
You haven't got another profile / PC to get the Delphi registry setting from? Max -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rohit Gupta Sent: Wednesday, 26 May 1999 23:01 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-25 Thread Rohit Gupta
Alistair I did reboot. I had to get rid of it as I dont use it and I needed another 60M on that drive to install SP5. I didnt find out till hours and several reboots later. I have recovered now, but the uninstall had done a thorough job - for eg, it removed registry links to dpr, pas, dpk,

RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-25 Thread Rohit Gupta
Max, there is. But everyone installs components in different drives/directories etc. This is a classic example of why Using the registry is a bad idea. I couldnt restore from tape backup without removing SP5. On 26 May 99 at 11:43, Max Renshaw-Fox wrote: You haven't got another profile /

RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-25 Thread Peter Hyde
Rohit wrote: I have recovered now, but the uninstall had done a thorough job - for eg, it removed registry links to dpr, pas, dpk, rpt etc etc even though I still have D1 and D3 installed and those links were not even pointing to D2. Just an aside, is it only D4 that has a "registry-only"

RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg

1999-05-25 Thread Patrick Dunford
need. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alistair George Sent: Wednesday, 26 May 1999 11:23 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: UnInstall aka WipeReg Rohit you probably already know this, but if you havent rebooted