[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] A trip down memory lane

[Ken Freeman]

On Nov 13, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Brian M. Criscuolo wrote:

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> On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:42 AM, henk.rijks at webkarma.nl wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> I just spend the better part of my weekend getting Missing Sync to  
>> work
>> with my t-Mobile MDA Vario. Reminded me of my pre-Mac Windows  
>> days, when
>> you had to schedule several hours a month to reinstall the OS, re- 
>> format
>> your drive, re-download drivers, re-store partial backups, re-contact
>> techsupport and re-pay for features that were really bugfixes. ;-)
>>
>> Anyway, I cheered so loud when I finally got the bugger working  
>> that I
>> rudely awoke the whole family in the middle of the night.
>>
>> Finally, I would appreciate it if someone (anyone?) could explain  
>> to me
>> why the uninstaller (that you have to install first, also really
>> Windows-like logic in the same vein as clicking on the start  
>> button to
>> shut down your PC) doesn't uninstall all instances of the program.  
>> I ran
>> the damn thing, searched and destroyed all instances of MarkSpace  
>> as well
>> as Missing Sync leftovers on my drive, downloaded and installed a  
>> fresh
>> copy of the software. Guess what? It automatically reconfigured  
>> itself
>> based on my old settings...
>>
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> Mainly, because there are competing lines of thought about "user  
> data" which is what your preferences are. Settings you've made,  
> that you may not want deleted upon uninstall.
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> b

I thought I would add a comment about the uninstaller actually using  
the term "Installing." We agree that this is confusing and dumb, but  
we are using the Apple Installer/Uninstaller and this wording cannot  
be changed by the developer. For our Palm version we stopped using  
the Apple uninstaller and wrote our own. We will do that some day for  
Windows Mobile too, but for now there are bigger fish to fry.

Ken

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>> Thanks in advance,
>> Henk
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