Re: [WDSCI-L] Help Installing 5.1

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom

Before doing these things, check our the Migration document and see what 
you need to save from version 4, esp. workspaces and projects, etc.

And maybe wait until others respond, to be sure I'm giving you good 
information. The following suggestions do involve editing the Windows 
Registry, and there is some risk of making your life unsettled for awhile 
if you are not careful.  ;-)

You may have Registry entries that refer to WDSC. Start regedit from 
Start->Run, then Ctrl-F to do a search.

Put WDSC in the text field and select all 3  of Keys, Values, and Data.

When something is found, delete it and possibly some of its parent entries 
- be careful here not to go too far up the tree.

Then search on WSSD or possibly WSAD (for WebSphere Application Developer).

And, who knows, try the same for WDT.

Then try the same for the word WebSphere. Be careful here - not everything 
that says WebSphere is related to WDSC.

Finally, open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/IBM tree and look for anything 
left over that looks significant - the words WebSphere, WSDC, etc., and 
derivatives. Again, be careful.

And do the same for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/IBM tree.

And you may want to delete the relevant directories - C:\WDSC and 
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio are typical.

HTH
Vern

At 08:49 AM 12/31/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> When I try to install WDSC Version 5.1 over V4.0 it tell me I have an
> older version of WDSC and to remove it manually. When I tried to remove
> it I got an error stating I could not remove it and to use the repair
> option. However, the repair option is grayed out.
>
> I removed WDSC 4.0 manually and tried to install V5.1 and it still told
> me I had an earlier version and to uninstall manually. The Add/Change
> Program for Windows no longer shows WDSC so I seem to be stuck.
> I am running Windows XP on a Sony Vaio Laptop. I would appreciate any
> help.
>
>
> Thanks
> Tom Huff