brief question

[paulo]

I made the mistake of installing this game and WinSPMBT under "program files." I haven't noticed any problems but if I need to to fix this can I just burn the games to disc and put them outside of program files? Thanks.

[gila]

Why do that? when you can uninstall and reinstall anytime and of course you know Shrapnel always has the free ver.availible.

If you have no problems yet. then i wouldn't worry much about it.

[DRG]

If you are using Vista or Win7 the game may run OK but there's a good chance either of those two OS will save files in places the game cannot locate and use.

Don

[Mobhack]

If you are using Vista or Win7 the game may run OK but there's a good chance either of those two OS will save files in places the game cannot locate and use.

Don

And that is a problem for Vista or Windows Seven-Of-Nine users.

An XP or earlier user could simply drag the /WinSPXX/ folder to a new home under say c:\AAA\games\WinSPXX and then update any paths in the shortcuts.

(AAA is a good folder name since it puts your old software at the top of the list in Windows Explorer's hierarchy).

But doing that under Vista or Seven, you cannot guarantee that the various files that they have shot-gunned all over the hard disk will be in the WinSPXX folder. They will not be transferred by a simple move under Windows Explorer.

So - Uninstall (hopefully they have not broken uninstallers too!) and then reinstall under a folder outside the managed files hierarchy.

[This applies to any pre-vista software that did not work under vista or Seven. I had to do this for the Borland Builder C++ development system for example. Windows Seven would not let it write its own temporary files to its own folder structure, and that confused Builder no end at all!. Reinstalling to its own folder under C:\ and it all works fine).]

Andy

[paulo]

Ok, thanks for your help!

[user38]

So - Uninstall (hopefully they have not broken uninstallers too!)

Andy

Yea, they did. I run 64 bit Windows 7 and I stupidly installed to the Program folder. When I tried to uninstall it I couldn't find the unistall link. I just deleted it through Windows explorer.

[Mobhack]

So - Uninstall (hopefully they have not broken uninstallers too!)

Andy

Yea, they did. I run 64 bit Windows 7 and I stupidly installed to the Program folder. When I tried to uninstall it I couldn't find the unistall link. I just deleted it through Windows explorer.

I have just tried the uninstaller. (It is in all programs/shrapnel games etc).

Under Windows 7, It simply removed the game EXE, nothing else. I am 99% sure it worked properly in XP (tested in like 2005 :))!.

So - in Windows vista/seven you'll have to uninstall manually it seems.

Cheers
Andy

[DRG]

The uninstall will probably work fine on installations outside program files ( worth testing...) but win7 was designed to be ridiculously protective of anything residing in the program files folder

Don