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With Windows it's a bad idea to just delete stuff because all the crap it had
put in the registry is still there and Windows gets confused about it. Most
programs have an uninstall routine that can be accessed in it's Start Menu
folder or the Add/Remove Programs section of Control Panel.
In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Matthew Gerber writes:
> OK...here goes...(Mac user here, if I screw up the Windows lingo, forgive me)...
>
> -Right click on your hard drive (if it's on the desktop, if not, navigate to
> it from your Start menu) and choose Explore.
> -In the hirearchy tree, find the folder for your browser (Internet Explorer
> or Netscape Navigator probably) and click on it.
> -In the open browser folder, find the Plug-Ins folder, click on it.
> -Locate the plug-in for Flash. Right click on it and choose Delete.
> -Now open your browser and conect to the Internet. Go to www.macromedia.com,
> and go to the Downloads area. Install the Flash plug-in again.
>
> When you are done, the game should work again. Because this happened to me
> often, I just kept the Flash Installer on my desktop and used it to
> instigate the re-install each time I wanted it.
>
> Hope that helps. Anyone else should feel free to chime in and correct any
> mistakes I have made for the Windows system.
>
> Matt
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| Ah! Good thought Ray. But does the same apply to browser plug-ins also? If so, you are correct that there is something in Tim's registry (or elsewhere?) that says he has Flash, even if the bulk of the program is deleted. Tim? Is that any help? Matt (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| OK...here goes...(Mac user here, if I screw up the Windows lingo, forgive me)... -Right click on your hard drive (if it's on the desktop, if not, navigate to it from your Start menu) and choose Explore. -In the hirearchy tree, find the folder for (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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