RE: [WDSCI-L] Fix pack woes

["Joel Fritz" <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had pretty good luck avoiding the registry scan--so far.

Last year I installed the wrong Cisco VPN client on my pc at home.
Cisco's official instructions for uninstalling that version included a
long list of registry keys to delete.  The uninstall routine from
Add/Remove Programs ignored them and it was impossible to install the
correct version without the registry cleanup.   There's something wrong
here.  I think I'm too mesmerized by marketing buzz to figure it out.
<g>

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:29 PM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: RE: [WDSCI-L] Fix pack woes

> From: Jon Paris
> 
> I guess that is possible if the uninstall didn't do its job Joe.  I
don't
> use the default locations though - too many directory levels - makes
it
> next
> to impossible to find anything.

When uninstalling/reinstalling (which is what 5.1.2 does, in effect), I
do just that: after uninstalling, I then delete all folders (other than
the workspaces, for obvious reasons!).  Next, I clear the registry of
any entries that say WebSphere (I use RegEdit and hit F3 to search the
registry; generally, I leave the HKEY_CURRENT_CLASSES stuff alone).

Once the machine is cleaned, only then do I do an install.


> Do you know if I can just delete them?

Last time, just deleting the old folder worked - once I deleted it and
restarted WDSC, the update worked fine.  It took three days to figure
this out, though - IBM's suggested action was uninstall and reinstall.


Joe


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