Yeah, spot on.
Having made a bit of a mess with all the add-ons in GTR, I decided to
uninstall the game, (after backing up the user data directory of
course.) I would then only install the add-ons that worked properly, and
that I liked.
Uninstalling GTR from the CD took out the entire game okay, and also my
entire installation of GTL which was in the same root directory, as well
as a couple of other different games.
No recycle bin, no nothing. I'm not to bothered about GTR, as I was
going to start again anyway, but GTL... Countless hours down the toilet.
Spot on.
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Alex Wilde
Sounds to me like it was the install that was wrong, GTR and GTL in the same
directory ;-)
If you're using Win XP can't you go back to an earlier checkpoint?
Andi.
"Alex Wilde" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Yeah, spot on. > > Having made a bit of a mess with all the add-ons in GTR, I decided to > uninstall the game, (after backing up the user data directory of course.) > I would then only install the add-ons that worked properly, and that I > liked. > > Uninstalling GTR from the CD took out the entire game okay, and also my > entire installation of GTL which was in the same root directory, as well > as a couple of other different games. > > No recycle bin, no nothing. I'm not to bothered about GTR, as I was going > to start again anyway, but GTL... Countless hours down the toilet. > > Spot on. > -- > Alex WildeIn message <43aaf30b$0$82671$[email hidden]>, Andi
Cole <[email hidden]> writes
>Sounds to me like it was the install that was wrong, GTR and GTL in the same
>directory ;-)
>
>If you're using Win XP can't you go back to an earlier checkpoint?
>
Using XP, yes. System restore doesn't cover this sort of thing, IIRC.
GTR and GTL were both installed in C:\Program Files\Games... is that so
wrong? Not the default, which is C:\GTR, but I like to have things more
organised than the default.
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Alex Wilde
"Alex Wilde" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Apparently.
Not the default, which is C:\GTR, but I like to have things more
> organised than the default.
> Alex Wilde
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> In message <43aaf30b$0$82671$[email hidden]>, Andi > Cole <[email hidden]> writes >>Sounds to me like it was the install that was wrong, GTR and GTL in the >>same >>directory ;-) >> >>If you're using Win XP can't you go back to an earlier checkpoint? >> > > Using XP, yes. System restore doesn't cover this sort of thing, IIRC. > > GTR and GTL were both installed in C:\Program Files\Games... is that so > wrong?Alex Wilde <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Were the two programs 'installed' to your games folder or did you install
them and then move them to games? That would be the only situation I can
think of that might screw things up. The registry would be looking in one
folder and the rest of the program is in another.
dh
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> In message <43aaf30b$0$82671$[email hidden]>, > Andi Cole <[email hidden]> writes >>Sounds to me like it was the install that was wrong, GTR and GTL in >>the same directory ;-) >> >>If you're using Win XP can't you go back to an earlier checkpoint? >> > > Using XP, yes. System restore doesn't cover this sort of thing, IIRC. > > GTR and GTL were both installed in C:\Program Files\Games... is that > so wrong? Not the default, which is C:\GTR, but I like to have things > more organised than the default.If you changed the install path to c:\games the programs will be in the same
directory. If you change the default install directory you need to change it
c:\games\GTR and c:\games\GTL
I thought XP recover would set a checkpoint before an after an install so it
would also do a change back after an uninstall - got to be worth a try
though.
Andi.
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> Alex Wilde <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:[email hidden]: > >> In message <43aaf30b$0$82671$[email hidden]>, >> Andi Cole <[email hidden]> writes >>>Sounds to me like it was the install that was wrong, GTR and GTL in >>>the same directory ;-) >>> >>>If you're using Win XP can't you go back to an earlier checkpoint? >>> >> >> Using XP, yes. System restore doesn't cover this sort of thing, IIRC. >> >> GTR and GTL were both installed in C:\Program Files\Games... is that >> so wrong? Not the default, which is C:\GTR, but I like to have things >> more organised than the default. > > Were the two programs 'installed' to your games folder or did you install > them and then move them to games? That would be the only situation I can > think of that might screw things up. The registry would be looking in one > folder and the rest of the program is in another. > > dh> No recycle bin, no nothing. I'm not to bothered about GTR, as I was going
> to start again anyway, but GTL... Countless hours down the toilet.
>
> Spot on.
> --
> Alex Wilde
Betcha you won't do that agian.
In message <[email hidden]>, Dave
Henrie <[email hidden]> writes
I think I might have moved one of them, GTR I think, but surly the
uninstall routine should be able to handle that. I'll give the system
restore a try.
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Alex Wilde
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> > Were the two programs 'installed' to your games folder or did you install >them and then move them to games? That would be the only situation I can >think of that might screw things up. The registry would be looking in one >folder and the rest of the program is in another. > >dhAlex Wilde <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:
>
> I think I might have moved one of them, GTR I think, but surly the
> uninstall routine should be able to handle that. I'll give the system
> restore a try.
> --
> Alex Wilde
When you install a program, Windows writes to a file. And the un-
installer uses that info to un-install. Thus, when you move a program
AFTER installing, then windows cannot find it to un-install.
Same principle applies to extra cars or mods...Windows un-installs only the
files that were originally installed as noted in the installation log. Any
extra cars or tracks are left
alone and Windows will 'say' it has deleted everything. But if you try and
throw away the folder, Chances are an error box will appear saying the
folder cannot be deleted since it still contains files.
dave henrie
In message <[email hidden]>, Dave
Henrie <[email hidden]> writes
Yes, I understand that, and if the uninstall routine wasn't able to do
it's job, I would also understand.
What actually happened when I clicked the uninstall icon on the CD was
that the entire contents of my C:\Program Files\Games directory was
deleted. All the games in there (4, including GTL & GTR) where gone - no
window opened, no progress bar, no "are you sure?" dialogue. All of
these games were in their own directory within the above.
That's a bit different than what one would expect, me thinks.
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Alex Wilde
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> > When you install a program, Windows writes to a file. And the un- >installer uses that info to un-install. Thus, when you move a program >AFTER installing, then windows cannot find it to un-install. >Same principle applies to extra cars or mods...Windows un-installs only the >files that were originally installed as noted in the installation log. Any >extra cars or tracks are left >alone and Windows will 'say' it has deleted everything. But if you try and >throw away the folder, Chances are an error box will appear saying the >folder cannot be deleted since it still contains files. >dave henrieAlex Wilde
>
> That's a bit different than what one would expect, me thinks.
yup
