Hi Jernej, >> My question here is if not removing data nor clearing register is >> something that is supposed to happen while uninstalling?
> Yes. Windows does not offer any reliable way to remove user-specific > settings (both registry and files, stored in the user profile > directory) at uninstall time (since there's no guarantee that the > uninstaller is running as the same user that used the program; also, > even if that was the case, there's no way to know if the profile is > shared between multiple computers, and the uninstall is happening on a > single computer). If I understand your reasoning properly we should never ever uninstall any software nor remove any entries from register. I might be mistaken but it's rather not a common approach. The software 'knows' what it modifies and where or at least should be able to scan some files (ex: registry file) for it's own entries. Database on HDD If TB! creates data folder (can be created at a folder appointed by user not necessarily at user profile's directory) it exactly knows where it is so can should be able to delete it or at least let user know that it's left there. In my opinion it's quite heavy issue... Even if it's shared between multiple computers (or network share) it can operate on it so can remove it as well - rights for that are granted on OS level. Entries in Registry Same as above - I mean for instance a whole group called RIT with subgroups 'Spell Check' and 'The Bat!' - it's all left there in the registry after uninstall and it's not allowing you to install a clean copy of TB! - because you always get a e-mail box you just tried to remove. There are much more TB!'s entries in the register than mentioned above, for instance in Installer / TBVars (and subgroups) / The Bat! mailto (and subgroups) / .... and so on. For instance if somehow data file gets corrupted and TB! can't properly start with that file, even if you uninstall your software and install it again it won't run because of all this leftovers after previous uninstall. Something is not right here... -- Best regards, RS The Bat! 5.0.8 Windows7 Professional (x64) Polish (SP1) OTFE Enabled ; so far only 3 POP3 accounts The Bat! 5.0.10 Windows7 Ultimate (x64) English (SP1) OTFE Enabled ; so far only 3 POP3 accounts ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.0.12.1 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
