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- Rosenthal Engineering P.O.Box 1650, San Luis Obispo CA USA 93406
- U.S.Patent No. 5,359,659, Copyright 1994-98 all rights reserved.
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- WWW http://slonet.org/~doren/ e-mail doren@slonet.org
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- Rosenthal UnInstall (tm)
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- (One of "The Rosenthal Utilities (tm)")
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- Removes unwanted programs, files, directories and restores modified
- Registry USER.DAT, SYSTEM.DAT and system AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI
- and SYSTEM.INI files. Run Rosenthal UnInstall before adding any new DOS,
- Windows (including Win95, Win98, NT and OS/2) software. All new additions
- may be kept or deleted with the system completely returned to normal.
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- Electing the special Internet / on-line option enables separate processing
- of CACHE directories.
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- Single systems, as well as networks with multiple and even removable
- drives, are also supported. Safeguards provide display of all directories
- and files (including hidden ones) for review and confirmation. Accept
- additions, or safely delete them.
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- Rosenthal UnInstall maintains a map of your disk drives and records the
- appearance of each new installation. When you execute "UNINSTAL.EXE"
- before adding new software to your system, Rosenthal UnInstall can
- automatically remove it immediately, or selectively at some later date.
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- The best way to determine if any program will satisfy your needs is to try
- it for yourself. Rosenthal UnInstall makes trying new programs more
- attractive by eliminating the aggravation normally associated with
- removing unwanted software and restoring the system. Unwanted software is
- removed and the system restored safely and automatically. All
- modifications, additions and deletions made to the AUTOEXEC.BAT,
- CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI and Registry USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT can
- be restored. At your option, any of the added files and subdirectories may
- be kept or safely deleted, including hidden and read-only files.
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- How to use Rosenthal UnInstall
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- First copy the files from your distribution diskette, CD-ROM or archive to
- the root directory of your hard disk.
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- For example:
- COPY A:*.* C:\
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- Rosenthal Uninstall will work in both a DOS or MS-Windows (including
- Win95, Win98 and NT) environment. That's an important feature, because if
- for some reason you install a new program which makes changes that causes
- Windows to crash, you'll need Rosenthal UnInstall to remove it and restore
- your system files even though Windows may be inoperative. Rosenthal
- UnInstall can remove some very nasty installations.
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- Rosenthal UnInstall is designed to remove all versions of Windows software
- including 3.1, Win95, Win98, NT. However it is not dependent on Windows
- functioning and will work independent of your memory, network and
- multitasking managers, mouse and graphics drivers.
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- It's important that your system's time and date are correctly adjusted, so
- please take a moment to make any corrections before proceeding.
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- The first time you run Rosenthal UnInstall, it will prompt you to enter
- your full name, and your registered serial number. Don't take shortcuts
- when entering your real name correctly; you will need to know exactly how
- it was entered should you require technical support and upgrades.
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- This software may be used without a serial number for a limited evaluation
- period before paying the required registration fee. If you have a
- registered copy, enter the serial number exactly as it appears printed on
- the distribution diskette for each new version when prompted. To try this
- software without a registered serial number, just press ENTER at the
- serial number prompt.
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- Registered users receive the latest version of this program and the
- unregistered software to evaluate listed in the TRY_THIS.DOC. See the
- ORDER.FRM file for details. Additionally, users receive the very useful
- bonus utility "Rosenthal History (tm)" free with their paid registration
- or upgrade.
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- Rosenthal Uninstall will map each disk drive as it is logged. Any drive
- with read and write access will work including network, fixed, removable,
- PCMCIA, ram-card and an unlimited number of floppy diskettes.
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- Execute "UNINSTAL.EXE" before adding each new software package and before
- each on-line or internet session. After you've installed and evaluated the
- new software, you can elect to keep it by selecting the "U - Update"
- function. The map is the updated and the current time and date are
- recorded for the files added.
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- Accepting added software with the "U - update" option also displays any
- identical copies on the same disk that may already exist as "duplicate
- files". Files being added that are identical files already on the system
- are given the option of being eliminated.
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- "U - Update" or "P - Purge" software before adding anything new, and
- before each on-line internet session. Software that has been added to the
- map using the "Update" function can later be removed selectively by file
- name using the "P - Purge" function.
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- To remove unwanted software, the "P - Purge" function must be displayed.
- To display the function, first log (or re-log) the disk drive using the
- "L - Logged drive change" function.
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- Newly created files display their date and time stamps. You may
- selectively "E -Exempt" files from the removal list. If you elect to
- exempt a file from being purged that resides in a directory that is listed
- for removal, the directory is automatically exempted as well. The text
- contents of files being considered for exemption can be displayed using
- the "D-Display" option.
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- When you elect to "P - Purge" newly installed software that has modified
- the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI files and Registry
- USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT files are restored automatically.
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- When software has been added using the "U - Update" function, it can
- later be removed selectively by file name, again using the "P - Purge"
- function. Enter a file name associated this the application. Wild cards
- "*" can be included in the file name and no drive or path name should be
- included. For example "FILE*.*" will search every directory on the logged
- drive. When a match is found it will be displayed along with the date and
- time of when it was added to the map. "D - Display" will show all the
- files added at each session. Again, you can "E - Exempt" any you want to
- keep. This is especially true of files that are shared by other programs
- like run time libraries and .DLL's.
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- Software that has not yet been added to the map using the "U-Update"
- function can be completely uninstalled and the systems files restored
- automatically. When software is selectively purged at a later date by file
- name, the system files may need to be restored manually using your ASCII
- file editor (and REGEDIT for Win95 and Win98). The program "Rosenthal
- History (tm)" will show the changes that were made to your system files so
- editing system files becomes very straight forward and quite simple.
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- Electing the special Internet / on-line option enables separate processing
- of CACHE directories and enables the "F-Flush CACHE directories" option.
- Special processing of these CACHE directories greatly simplifies
- housekeeping chores for on-line users.
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- Rosenthal History (tm) (FREE BONUS!)
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- The bonus utility "Rosenthal History (tm)" is included ABSOLUTELY FREE
- with paid registration or upgrade. It maintains a running timeline of
- changes, additions and deletions made to the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS,
- WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI and Registry files. An easy to understand, plain text
- file (RE_HIST.DAT) history report can be referred to when uninstalling
- software or to resolve conflicts. Add Rosenthal History and begin
- recording the timeline as soon as possible. Read the RE_HIST.DOC file for
- a complete description of this very highly acclaimed, "must have" utility.
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- Program Requirements
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- Rosenthal UnInstall runs using all versions of MS-Windows including 3.1,
- Win95, Win98, NT and/or DOS 3.1 through 7, and OS/2.
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- Be sure to first copy all the files to the root directory of your hard
- drive. Attempting to run this program from a disk that doesn't have write
- access (like a CD-ROM or write protected floppy diskette) will cause an
- "Access Denied" error.
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- Orders Outside the U.S.
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- All international orders are sent by air-mail. See the order form
- (ORDER.FRM) file for shipping and handling rates.
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- Yes! Visa or Master Card can now be accepted and makes currency exchange
- to US Dollars very simple.
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- Please be sure to make your payment in "US Dollars" either by (US) cash,
- Visa or Master Card, international money order or check drawn on a US
- member bank. Otherwise banks want a fifty dollar processing fee to cash a
- twenty five dollar check. Sorry, euro-checks can not be processed.
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- CD-Rom, Magazine and Book Publishers
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- Publishers are encouraged to include "Rosenthal UnInstall (tm)" as
- shareware with CD-Rom collections, books and magazines. Special internal
- instructions facilitate interfacing to CD-Rom menus which is described
- in separate technical support provided free by request.
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- Help, Technical Support and Updates
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- Technical support by e-mail and updates can be obtained on-line. Be sure
- to check the www url at http://slonet.org/~doren/ periodically for updates
- and new products. See the last line of the ORDER.FRM file for version
- numbers.
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- Software License agreement
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- You are encouraged to copy and distribute this software provided it
- remains unmodified, complete in its original form, and no fee (other than
- a nominal copy charge) is required.
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- You may not make any changes or modifications to the software, and you may
- not decompile, disassemble or in anyway reverse engineer the software.
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- This software is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind.
- Responsibility rests entirely with the user to determine its fitness for a
- particular purpose. ROSENTHAL ENGINEERING SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE BE LIABLE
- FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES
- ARISING FROM ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. Some states may not allow these
- limits on warranties, so they may not apply to you. In no case shall
- Rosenthal Engineering's liability exceed the license fees paid by you to
- Rosenthal Engineering for the right to use the Licensed Software. Use,
- duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software
- and documentation in this package shall be subject to the restricted
- rights applicable to commercial computer software as set forth in
- subdivision (b) (3) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
- Software clause at 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The
- Contractor/manufacturer is Doren Rosenthal, Rosenthal Engineering, P.O.Box
- 1650, San Luis Obispo, California 93406.
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- This constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the
- parties and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding whether oral
- or written and may only be modified in writing.