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From: Don on 22 Jan 2006 09:20 On 22 Jan 2006 12:54:14 GMT, Marjolein Katsma <nobody(a)example.net> wrote: >So: if it's not there on your machine, a reinstall _should_ work Another tip re Nikon Scan. Before reinstalling you have to uninstall, but the trouble is clicking on uninstall alone is not enough!!! You have to run a special program (also on CD) called "RegCleaner"! That's because NikonScan has a nasty habit of leaving all sorts of "droppings" behind. Not only does it "pollute" the registry but it leaves directories behind with .tmp and .set files!!! I was very unnerved the first time I uninstalled NikonScan only to be faced with the same preview image after a re-install! Unlike bad registry entries these files don't do any real damage but it's still very sloppy. Another thing I learned the hard way... Thank you Nikon! :-/ Don.
From: rafe b on 22 Jan 2006 09:33 On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:20:25 +0100, Don <phoney.email(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I was very unnerved the first time I uninstalled NikonScan >only to be faced with the same preview image after a re-install! >Unlike bad registry entries these files don't do any real damage but >it's still very sloppy. > >Another thing I learned the hard way... Thank you Nikon! :-/ Nikon is hardly alone here. I recently ran into precisely the same set of issues with an Epson printer installation. Though I say this with some trepidation and take no responsibility for its implications: many of these issues can only be fixed with registry hacking. rafe b www.terrapinphoto.com
From: Marjolein Katsma on 22 Jan 2006 10:37 Don (phoney.email(a)yahoo.com) wrote in news:8057t15n5pavdtlrivntedtrghhdbis185(a)4ax.com: > That's because NikonScan has a nasty habit of leaving all sorts of > "droppings" behind. Not only does it "pollute" the registry but it > leaves directories behind with .tmp and .set files!!! > > I was very unnerved the first time I uninstalled NikonScan > only to be faced with the same preview image after a re-install! > Unlike bad registry entries these files don't do any real damage but > it's still very sloppy. As to directorie with .tmp and .set files - or anything actually created during *use* of a program - it's normal for an uninstaller to NOT remove those: it's user data and they don't throw away what you *might* be wanting to keep. I'd be very cross if an uninstaller did throw away such files without even asking! And normally, a well-written uninstaller will let you know at the end of its process that it has left some data untouched. As to registry entries - any left behind are usually also those that are created during usage of the program and thus the (un)installer has no knowledge of them. This is all in the nature of installation programs: they keep some sort of log of what they install where, and remove *that* when uninstalling. What's not in the log simply cannot be uninstalled. (I sometimes move a program's location, and I'm always careful to not only fix any registry entries but *also* the installation log if it's in plain text (most are). So ... all I can say is, nice of Nikon to provide a utility to clean up what an uninstaller *cannot* remove. ;-) -- Marjolein Katsma *Help with HomeSite/Studio: http://hshelp.com/ *Travel blog: http://blog.iamback.com/ *Spam reporting addresses: http://banspam.javawoman.com/report3.html
From: Surfer! on 22 Jan 2006 14:15 In message <Xns97538D706AC87iamback(a)194.109.133.242>, Marjolein Katsma <nobody(a)example.net> writes >Surfer! (surfer(a)127.0.0.1) wrote in news:g0ln4ke$410DFwAU(a)nevis- >view.co.uk: > >> Nothing obvious there, but I will go and check the installation CD >> again. Thankfully there have been no more jams. > >It could just be part of a single installation file so you may not >recognize it as a separate file even. > >BUT FIRST: Check your installation directory! >I just checked my installation directory of Nikon Scan 4 and found >FDUtility.exe sitting there - so it was installed along with Nikon Scan, >only no shortcuts were created for it (not on the desktop, not in the >start menu). So it is! Thanks for that. Hopefully I will never need to use it... -- Surfer! Email to: ramwater at uk2 dot net
From: Marjolein Katsma on 22 Jan 2006 17:53
Surfer! (surfer(a)127.0.0.1) wrote in news:izAXpRjrn90DFwhL(a)nevis- view.co.uk: >>I just checked my installation directory of Nikon Scan 4 and found >>FDUtility.exe sitting there - so it was installed along with Nikon Scan, >>only no shortcuts were created for it (not on the desktop, not in the >>start menu). > > So it is! Thanks for that. Hopefully I will never need to use it... Glad to hear it's solved! :) -- Marjolein Katsma *Help with HomeSite/Studio: http://hshelp.com/ *Travel blog: http://blog.iamback.com/ *Spam reporting addresses: http://banspam.javawoman.com/report3.html |