RE: Unable to do clean uninstall

[Vince Hoffman <Vince dot Hoffman at uk dot circle dot com>]

I had some problems with uninstalling then reinstalling to another
directory. I ended up searching the registry for cygnus and cygwin and
removing all references. not the neatest and/or the safest way probably but
it worked. 
(insert usual disclaimers about how editing the registry directly can
knacker your computer, destroy your social life and have you barred from
your favorite pubs here.) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sarangan [mailto:asarangan@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 11 October 2002 03:24
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Unable to do clean uninstall
> 
> 
> 
> I wanted to update my old cygwin (installed under
> C:\cygwin), so I installed the new one under
> C:\cygwin1. Then I deleted the old one, and renamed
> the new one to C:\cygwin. However, most programs did
> not work. Instead of sorting out the paths, I decided
> to do a fresh install all over again. I deleted the
> C:\cygwin directory, and the temporary download
> directory on my desktop. I looked everywhere to make
> sure that there was no files hanging around. Then I
> downloaded cygwin all over again (using setup.exe) and
> installed it under C:\cygwin. However, there still
> seems to be some 'memory' about my previous cygwin
> install. While most of the software went under
> C:\cygwin, it still created C:\cygwin1. All the X11
> fonts were installed under C:\cygwin1. The fonts
> directory was missing under C:\cygwin. I am not sure
> where setup.exe got this information from. If I
> manually move the fonts directory to C:\cygwin, X11
> refuses to run.
> 
> I am puzzled where the install program is getting the
> old directory name from. Cygwin must be leaving
> something behind in my computer that I don't know
> about. 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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