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Re: new setup.exe -- why no uninstall?
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Subject: Re: new setup.exe -- why no uninstall?
- From: Kevin Layer <layer at franz dot com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:00:49 -0700
- cc: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
>>
>> Because we haven't gotten to that part yet.
That's a very reasonable, acceptable answer. I really like the new
installation style.
>> Read setup's README in
>> the source CVS - it's there.
Oops. Missed that.
>>
>> > and what is the recommended way to uninstall, just to delete the
>> > c:\cygwin? Is there much (anything?) else the installation does?
>> > What about the registry?
>>
>> The installation creates some icons on the desktop and start menu, and
>> there's a "*\Software\Cygnus Solutions" registry tree you can delete,
>> and everything else is either in the cygwin install area or in the
>> temp directory that setup put the .tar.gz files in.
That's what I guessed, which means I'm not concerned about it
anymore. Thanks for answering the questions.
- Kevin
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