RE: 5.1.2.5 uninstall running forever...

wdsci-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   4. Re: 5.1.2.5 uninstall running forever... (Dave Shaw)
>
>I was uninstalling from Add/Remove programs, not from the Install.
>
>I ran out of time yesterday and cancelled out (clicked the X in the corner, 
>and answered 'Yes' to the dialog about cancelling).  The product was gone from 
>Add/Remove programs this morning, but I spent about half an hour manually 
>removing directories and registry keys that it missed.  Finally got the 
>install running, which is proceding at a normal rate (by the standards of this 
>machine, anyway), so maybe I'm okay now.  We'll see, I guess.

Dave:

I had a problem with an app I developed under WDSC a while back and needed to 
uninstall/reinstall as part of the fix to get it migrated to the WDSC I was 
attempting to upgrade to. After some support calls, I was sent what I consider 
the _real_ uninstall instructions. Those included a couple of pages of registry 
keys, directories, etc., that needed to be removed manually if you really 
wanted a clean initial state for WDSC.

And actually, the last instruction was to save the registry and send it to IBM 
for further analysis.

I don't know if it's simply problems dealing with Windows registry or IBM's 
attempt to leave indications of previous installs. Whatever it is, it's almost 
certain that an uninstall won't get rid of everything. I'm not surprised at the 
manual stuff you needed to do, not after what I had to go through.

Tom Liotta