Re: CA Express V5R1 to V5R2 upgrade messed up

Neil Palmer <neilp=FulVI934vldBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote in
news:OF000E7F3D.B71F243F-ON85256C88.002418D2-85256C88.0025345E@dpslin
k.com:

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>
> So I uninstalled ALL of Client Access (iSeries Access), rebooted,
> and tried again.  Still get:
>
> The following components cannot be installed.
>  Reason:  IBM Personal Communications already installed
>         5250 Display and Printer Emulator
>
>
> Now there's no mention of PCOMM or Client Access in Add/Remove
> Programs or anywhere else.  I've deleted any Client Access stuff I
> could see in places like Program Files/IBM/Client Access and in
> Documents and Settings/All Users.  I've gone through the Registry
> and blown away all references I could see to Personal
> Communications, PCOMM, Client Access, PC5250, rebooted, and tried
> again.  STILL get the:
>
> The following components cannot be installed.
>  Reason:  IBM Personal Communications already installed
>         5250 Display and Printer Emulator
>
> when running SETUP.EXE to reinstall iSeries Access.
>
> Does ANYONE have a clue just WHAT this install program is checking
> that causes it to tell me I have IBM Personal Communications
> installed ? It has NEVER been installed on this PC - only the
> PC5250 code that came with previous versions of Client Access.
>
> ...Neil

Neil, I have seen this before.  The way I got around it was to search
the registry and delete all keys related to PCOMM.   The 5250 component
of client access is taken from PCOMM which is why it is there in the
first place.



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Mike Buglass