Microsoft KB Archive/148170

Bob: Remove All Option Removes These Items

PSS ID Number: Q148170 Article last modified on 07-03-1996

1.0, 1.0a

WINDOWS

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= SUMMARY =

You can remove Bob from your computer by running the Bob Home Setup and selecting the Remove All option.

In Windows 3.1 after the Remove All option is run, the program icons are removed from the Bob program group. In Windows 95 the program icons are removed from the Programs menu. The program icons found in the Startup group for both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, are not removed.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Bob Program files are deleted from the following folders when the Remove All option is run:

Items Not Removed
These items are not removed by the Remove All option.


 * 1) All documents created by the user.
 * 2) The Bob subfolders remain but are empty.
 * 3) The Bob program group is not deleted.
 * 4) The Bob icon in the Startup group is not deleted
 * 5) All changes to the Autoexec.bat, Config.sys, System.ini and Win.ini remain.
 * 6) The Remove All option will not delete files copied to the folder in the Bob installation.

Bob Folders and Files Not Removed
These Bob folders and files are not removed by the Remove All option:

Upic.ldb Utopia.ldb


 * .ldb files (user created Address Book files)

Chkbook.ini .cek files (user created Checkbook data files) .cbk files (user created Checkbook backup files)

(all files remain)

.utp files (user created Letter Writer files) .lex files (custom dictionary)

Mailroom.ini *.pst files

.ldb files (user created Letter Writer files) .ldb files (user created Letter Writer files)

Mscpydis.dll Mssetup.dll _mssetup.exe Usetup.dll Extract.exe Setup.exe Acmsetup.hlp Utopia.inf Utopia.stf

Profiles.ini *.ini files

KBCategory: Kbusage KBSubcategory: B_Setup

= Additional reference words: kids w_bob delete uninstall =

Keywords : B_Setup Version : 1.0, 1.0a Platform : WINDOWS ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.