REINSTALL! - Page 2

Dragonshadow · 07-04-2003, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by andrewas:

Lesson: Always uninstall properly, that will let windows keep the registry up to date and prevern this kind of problem in future. Although BG does have a bug with that IIRC. Ah well, such is life.

I did uninstall properly!

Anyhow, said I'd get abck to you, and I have. True_Moose, your plan worked. I caught it unawares and stormed the building....
Eeh, sorry. I did like you said Moose, and you'll never guess: it worked! Now: The sola mod... hmm, maybe not...
Is there a CLUA to make sola?

Cheers again guys. I'm happy now.

andrewas · 07-04-2003, 11:03 AM

As I said, BG has a bug with the uninstall.

You can CLUA sola the same as any other creature, but and take him into your party with ctrl-Q (I think), but it wont be anything like the Sola mod is.

If youve installed the latest ToB patch and the bladurdash fixpacks, the mod should be safe enough to install. I've never seen it screw up majorly on a clean install twice consecutively.

Vedran · 07-04-2003, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by andrewas:
If youve installed the latest ToB patch and the bladurdash fixpacks, the mod should be safe enough to install.

Not to mention that it will fix the problem with uninstallation of the game.

theholyavenger · 07-07-2003, 12:39 PM

andrewas, i noticed how you mentioned the registry keys and that each installed program has its own key written in the registry. But sometimes when i can't uninstall properly, even when i searched and deleted all the related keys in the registry, i still do not get prompt to install the program when i inserted the CD into the disk drive, what gives?

EDIT: By "can't uninstall properly", i meant that the uninstall command launches normally, but after it has uninstalled itself, all program files remained. This forced me into deleting all the files right off the hard drive.

[ 07-07-2003, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: theholyavenger ]

andrewas · 07-07-2003, 01:27 PM

Not all keys are easy to find. Try searching for the developers or publishers name. One of my major grievances with the registry is that there are a whole load of keys that are identified by alphanumeric gibberish, some games might use some of those and if thats the case you are out of luck.

Sometimes you can run the setup program directly, but not all games allow this.

07-04-2003, 11:03 AM	#12
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 4,774	As I said, BG has a bug with the uninstall. You can CLUA sola the same as any other creature, but and take him into your party with ctrl-Q (I think), but it wont be anything like the Sola mod is. If youve installed the latest ToB patch and the bladurdash fixpacks, the mod should be safe enough to install. I've never seen it screw up majorly on a clean install twice consecutively. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

07-07-2003, 12:39 PM	#14
theholyavenger Manshoon Join Date: February 27, 2002 Location: Faerun Age: 41 Posts: 205	andrewas, i noticed how you mentioned the registry keys and that each installed program has its own key written in the registry. But sometimes when i can't uninstall properly, even when i searched and deleted all the related keys in the registry, i still do not get prompt to install the program when i inserted the CD into the disk drive, what gives? EDIT: By "can't uninstall properly", i meant that the uninstall command launches normally, but after it has uninstalled itself, all program files remained. This forced me into deleting all the files right off the hard drive. [ 07-07-2003, 12:47 PM: Message edited by: theholyavenger ] __________________ \"There once was a warrior true,<br />with the sense knocked out of him, too.<br />But in a hamster he found,<br />some wisdom profound,<br />and now where goes he goes his Boo!\"<br /><br />~Crazy Celvan in Baldur\'s Gate II Shadows of Amn

07-07-2003, 01:27 PM	#15
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 43 Posts: 4,774	Not all keys are easy to find. Try searching for the developers or publishers name. One of my major grievances with the registry is that there are a whole load of keys that are identified by alphanumeric gibberish, some games might use some of those and if thats the case you are out of luck. Sometimes you can run the setup program directly, but not all games allow this. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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