Re: Removing a plug-in

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/05/2004 03:28:41 AM:

> I have installed the Message Queue Monitor plug-in from SoftLanding. 
> Having used it for some time, I would like to remove it, because it has 
no 
> real benefit for me. However, I could not find an option like 'Uninstall 

> plug-in' or 'Remove plug-in' or something like that. Can anyone tell me 
> how to remove the plug-in, in a clean way, i.e. not just by removing a 
> directory? 

The best way is to just delete the folders.  There should be two, one 
under the features folder and one under the plugins folder.  When you 
restart WDSC it will update its configuration automatically and remove it.

The way to do it within the UI is to open the Install/Update perspective. 
One of the views is called "Install Configuration".  Expand your current 
configuration, which should be the top item in your list.  This will show 
you all of the folders where features are installed from.  The iSeries 
Messages feature probably installled in the first location.  Expand it, 
and all of them if necessary, until you see the feature.  Then click on 
the feature, and on the right click on the button "Disable Now".

This will not remove the feature from your harddrive, but it does 
effectively remove it from your configuration.  The reason Eclipse will 
not allow you to remove a feature is that when you are working in Eclipse 
you are only working in the context of a single workspace.  So it only 
allows you to disable the feature so that it does not effect any other 
workspaces you may be using.  If you want to truly delete it, they expect 
you to remove it from your disk, or run an uninstaller if appropriate. 
They then handle the details of removing it from the configuration 
automatically when you next startup your workspace.

Mark



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