And should probably put a Sleep call in there so it doesn''t hog the CPU.
Anti-Delete
Please inform us of how leaving some things in the registry for your program will/could screw up their PC completely... I mean, I can''t think of a single good reason deleting a program directory would/should screw something up if it''s done properly. I''m interested in how not uninstalling something properly will screw something up though... does it make refrence to your program in system.ini or something?
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Billy - BillyB@msrnj.com
Installation primarily involves copying files to the hard drive. The two main types of files copied are those that cannot be accessed from the CD(eg the files need maximum access speed) or files that cannot be read-only. I remember that older DOS games could be played straight off the CD, although they didn''t much appreciate not being able to create config files, and they couldn''t save data.
Sandman, for a moron i guess that would work. However, I usually watch the processes running on my system(i actually use PView so that I see ALL the processes, including hidden ones). If I saw that running, I''d immediately call it a virus, kill the process, drag it out of startup, beat it to death and delete it.
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The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.
Democracy is where you say what you want and do what you''re told.
Sandman, for a moron i guess that would work. However, I usually watch the processes running on my system(i actually use PView so that I see ALL the processes, including hidden ones). If I saw that running, I''d immediately call it a virus, kill the process, drag it out of startup, beat it to death and delete it.
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The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.
Democracy is where you say what you want and do what you''re told.
plus then your app, and all apps afterwards get tagged as spyware, placed on blacklists, and will no longer be used by the majority of ppl that care about their system.
Well, If I told you why it would skrew up the computer, I''d have to shoot you
Well, actually the reason it would skrew up the computer is because the program would overwrite system registry values, erase system.ini, win.ini, and just about everything found in the Program Files folder.
No, it''s not a game
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Well, actually the reason it would skrew up the computer is because the program would overwrite system registry values, erase system.ini, win.ini, and just about everything found in the Program Files folder.
No, it''s not a game
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quote:Original post by Programmer One
Well, If I told you why it would skrew up the computer, I''d have to shoot you
Well, actually the reason it would skrew up the computer is because the program would overwrite system registry values, erase system.ini, win.ini, and just about everything found in the Program Files folder.
No, it''s not a game
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BANG!
So... its a virus?
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So... its a virus?
No, it is a system configuration utility. What it does is it can borrow one configuration from one computer, and put them on any number of computers. So, if you have two computers, and you want them to be identicle (legally) all you have to do is make a "copy" of the current configuration, then "paste" it onto the other computer. (It rewrites the registry, etc....). If you delete the program manually, it would *think* that the paste procedure never happened, so it would re-paste the configuration.
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umm, such a utility would be silly (copy registry entries to another pc) since that is not too useful. regedit (comes with win) allows exporting and does what you suggest you are making. plus you can use it to back up entire registry or only portions.
by making copies of configurations, does not make the computers identaical legally. if the software should not be on the other pc, doing roundabout methods dont make it legal (ie copy the folder and then export the registry to the other pcs). if you want identical configurations, you should copy entire drives to the other pcs a la ghost (replicates on pc harddrive to many others).
i cant see how the utility would think that it never pasted the data if you delete it. merely by creating a registry entry it would know if things have been pasted. you could store backups into a user specified directory (ie not in the program directory). even the under the MyDocuments directory would be a good canidate. make all the files readonly and hidden, plus make the directory hidden. the avg user would not be able to find the directory, so deleting the app would cause no damage. they would just reinstall it and bam, they could retsore things.
now i dont see how making a copy of some registry entries which when done, the target pc still works, would cause the pc to get screwed up because the person deletes the app. to me, it sound like shoddy coding. even if the app repasted the config, it should be smart enough to handle things correctly (ie not blindly doing things) by using the iwn32 api for registry manipulation. you can do a paste operation 1million times and the registry would be EXACTLY how it was after the first paste as long as you did things properly.
by making copies of configurations, does not make the computers identaical legally. if the software should not be on the other pc, doing roundabout methods dont make it legal (ie copy the folder and then export the registry to the other pcs). if you want identical configurations, you should copy entire drives to the other pcs a la ghost (replicates on pc harddrive to many others).
i cant see how the utility would think that it never pasted the data if you delete it. merely by creating a registry entry it would know if things have been pasted. you could store backups into a user specified directory (ie not in the program directory). even the under the MyDocuments directory would be a good canidate. make all the files readonly and hidden, plus make the directory hidden. the avg user would not be able to find the directory, so deleting the app would cause no damage. they would just reinstall it and bam, they could retsore things.
now i dont see how making a copy of some registry entries which when done, the target pc still works, would cause the pc to get screwed up because the person deletes the app. to me, it sound like shoddy coding. even if the app repasted the config, it should be smart enough to handle things correctly (ie not blindly doing things) by using the iwn32 api for registry manipulation. you can do a paste operation 1million times and the registry would be EXACTLY how it was after the first paste as long as you did things properly.
quote:Original post by merlin9x9
In a perfect world or platform, the application folder would completely represent the application. Deleting it would delete whatever is attached to the application. Bundles on Mac OS X are pretty close, but not 100% there.
I agree completely. Why, oh why, can''t NTFS metadata be used to store registry dependency information? Delete the folder, and all corresponding registry entries magically disappear. That would be nice.
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umm, such a utility would be silly (copy registry entries to another pc) since that is not too useful. regedit (comes with win) allows exporting and does what you suggest you are making. plus you can use it to back up entire registry or only portions.
Think *computer illerate*
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by making copies of configurations, does not make the computers identaical legally. if the software should not be on the other pc, doing roundabout methods dont make it legal (ie copy the folder and then export the registry to the other pcs).
Who said anything about copying programs...?
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if you want identical configurations, you should copy entire drives to the other pcs a la ghost (replicates on pc harddrive to many others).
Then the whole point looses it''s point.
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i cant see how the utility would think that it never pasted the data if you delete it. merely by creating a registry entry it would know if things have been pasted.
Ghost Engine
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you could store backups into a user specified directory (ie not in the program directory). even the under the MyDocuments directory would be a good canidate.
Very messy
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make all the files readonly and hidden, plus make the directory hidden. the avg user would not be able to find the directory, so deleting the app would cause no damage. they would just reinstall it and bam, they could retsore things.
Be afriad, be very afraid of the average user...I have had lots of cases were the "average user" caused lots of damage.
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now i dont see how making a copy of some registry entries which when done, the target pc still works, would cause the pc to get screwed up because the person deletes the app.
The app maintains the configuration, without it, the Ghost Engine would skrew things up.
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to me, it sound like shoddy coding.
You do not even know what the thing does, not as how it''s written, you cannot just tell me "Hey, here''s a program that I have never seen the code to, nor do I fully understand what it does - never mind that, the code is trash!"
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even if the app repasted the config, it should be smart enough to handle things correctly
It''s not. At least not yet. That is why it is still in development
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(ie not blindly doing things) by using the iwn32 api for registry manipulation. you can do a paste operation 1million times and the registry would be EXACTLY how it was after the first paste as long as you did things properly.
Don''t forget that the old confiiguration is taken out.
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