First of all you should delete you registry entries and application files which is normal.
What is ultra bad is to delete the folder if there is any preferences. If you need to reinstall you will have teh same problem as with runrev resetting all your prefs again... Very bad... GTR does this and you loose ALL your scores, car modifications, settings and if you added mp3s to the music folder, you will loose those too! It happened but found a backup I was only too glad to have made! I can't tell you how disgusted I was when I found out it had deleted everything. Secondly, if you use the command get shell("set") you will find a bunch of variables to help you find what you need. Notice this is not the regular PC installation you see everyday by default! Also note, all the first words can be called via %NAME% to get that value in a shell. like %SystemRoot% is your system folder... C:\home\Administrator>set ALLUSERSPROFILE=D:\home\All Users <- where the "my documents would be APPDATA=D:\home\Administrator\Application Data ClusterLog=C:\WINNT\Cluster\cluster.log CommonProgramFiles=D:\app\common COMPUTERNAME=ZEROZEROSIX ComSpec=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH=\home\Administrator LOGONSERVER=\\ZEROZEROSIX NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2 OS=Windows_NT Path=D:\app\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\Sys tem32\Wbem;D:\app\SecureCRT\;D:\app\AIXNT;D:\app\Symantec\pcAnywhere\ PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15 PROCESSOR_REVISION=0209 ProgramFiles=D:\app PROMPT=$P$G SESSIONNAME=Console SystemDrive=C: SystemRoot=C:\WINNT TEMP=D:\home\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp TMP=D:\home\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp USERDOMAIN=ZEROZEROSIX USERNAME=Administrator USERPROFILE=D:\home\Administrator windir=C:\WINNT What you want is either %ProgramFiles% --- the default application folder where you would install your stuff or %CommonProgramFiles% --- settings - but optional or %USERPROFILE% where my documents would be and the famous D:\home\USERNAME\Application Data\myapp\ for example... AFAIK, it works on NT4 until W2K3 no prob... So first, the settings should be either in - the registry (not the best place but easy to find) - the program's folder - default for all programs - the program's common files - usually shared information for applications although it's not always for sharing purposes that it's there - I would avoid this anyway... For multiusers, the prefs is either in the registry or the UserProfile where you want. but the userprofile app data folder is the right place. Windows HIG are futile ;)) cheers Xavier On 02.02.2005 03:16:20 use-revolution-bounces wrote: >Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: >> On Feb 1, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >>> On a Mac, you customarily install an app by dragging the app or a >>> folder from a DMG to your drive. Uninstalling means simply dragging >>> it to the trach, and any preferences files are left behind. >>> >>> On Windows I use Wise Install to copy the app into its own folder in >>> /Program Files/, and when the app is run it puts its prefs data in a >>> folder within the user's Documents and Settings folder. >>> >>> Historically I've treated everything in the Documents and Settings >>> folder as belonging to the user, and do not bother with uninstalling. >>> Moreover, on multi-user systems I may not know where to find all of >>> the user Documents and Settings folders for everyone who may have run >>> the app. >>> >>> So what is the normal convention for uninstall on Win XP? >>> >>> Should I: >>> >>> a) leave prefs in the user's Documents and Settings files >>> as is common with files in the Mac's Preferences folder? >>> >>> b) Delete only the prefs data in the current user's Documents >>> and Settings folder? >>> >>> c) Attempt to delete prefs from the Documents and Settings >>> folders for all users on the computer? >>> >>> >>> Extra bonus points for Win HIG verse and chapter; I couldn't find the >>> section on how to handle such things. >> >> You can't possibly be expected to track down prefs files for each user >> on a multiuser system. Consider that the uninstaller may be running >> on a system where the software would be accessed by users who have >> roaming profiles on a windows server; the preferences would not be >> stored on the local machine, and the account under which the installer >> is run may not even have access to the users' profiles in order to >> delete the prefs files even if it tried! > >Good point. So I can rule out #3. > >So should I bother with #2, or treat the user's Documents folder like >Mac developers treat the Prefs folder and not bother with deleting it? > >Is there an established convention? > >I could only find a recommendation from Micro$oft on cleaning up any >added registry entries, and I'm already doing that. > > >> What are the bonus points good 4, btw? ;-) > >At the moment, Karma. :) But if someone can point me to where the Win >HIG tells me I should leave the user's Documents and Settings folder >alone I'll give them a license for their choice of WebMerge or devolution. ----------------------------------------- Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. 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