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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 all rights reserved.
Rosenthal UnInstall (tm)
Automatically remove unwanted Windows and DOS programs, files, directories
and restore the system's AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI and
disk boot sector system tracks. Quickly and easily! You'll wonder how you
ever did without it!. Run Rosenthal UnInstall before you add anything new
to your system. New programs can then be added and, at your option, kept,
or deleted, and the system completely returned to normal.
Single systems, as well as networks with multiple and even removable
drives are supported. Safeguards provide display of all directories and
files (including hidden and duplicate ones) for review and confirmation.
Accept additions, or safely delete them.
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 at some latter date.
The best way to determine if any program will satisfy your needs is to try
it for yourself. Rosenthal UnInstall makes trying new software 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 and SYSTEM.INI 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. Even the disk boot sectors are
handled.
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How to use Rosenthal UnInstall
First copy the files from your distribution diskette, CD-ROM or archive to
the root directory of your hard disk.
For example:
COPY A:*.* C:\
Rosenthal Uninstall will work in both a DOS or MS-Windows environment.
That's an important feature, because if for some reason you install a new
program that causes Windows to crash, you'll need Rosenthal UnInstall to
remove it and restore your system files even though Windows is
inoperative. Rosenthal UnInstall can remove some very nasty installations.
If you use your Windows program manager to add Rosenthal UnInstall (NEW),
an icon will be displayed. Although this program has a MS-Windows file
format, it forces the system into the DOS mode when in Windows or OS/2.
Rosenthal UnInstall is designed to remove Windows software; however it is
not dependent on Windows functioning and will work independent of your
memory, network and multitasking managers, mouse and graphics drivers.
It's important that your system's time and date are correctly adjusted, so
please take a moment to make any corrections before proceeding.
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.
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 when prompted. To try this software without a
registered serial number, just press ENTER at the serial number prompt.
A stick-on label with the last digits of the serial number is included. If
you are subject to software audits, the label is your proof of
registration when it is affixed to a single computer (on the back or the
bottom of the keyboard works well). Each computer must have its own
registered Rosenthal UnInstall serial number.
Registered users will 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.
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.
Execute "UNINSTAL.EXE" before adding each new software package. 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.
Accepting added software with the "U - update" option also displays any
identical copies on the same disk that may already exist. "U - Update" or
"P - Purge" software before adding anything new. 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.
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.
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.
When you elect to "P - Purge" newly installed software that has modified
the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files (or in rare
cases the boot sector), they will be restored automatically.
When software has been added using the "U - Update" function, it can
latter 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 that 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.
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 latter date by
file name, the system files may need to be restored manually using your
ASCII file editor. 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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Rosenthal History (tm) (FREE BONUS!)
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 and SYSTEM.INI 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
discription of this very highly acclaimed, must have utility.
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Program Requirements
Rosenthal UnInstall runs using MS-Windows 3 or higher and /or DOS 3.0 or
higher and has been tested with versions through 6.2. 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.
Using Rosenthal UnInstall with Special Boot sectors
This option is rarely needed, but if you have special boot sector
requirements or are using a boot sector manager that switches between
different operating systems such as DR DOS and OS/2, you may need to set
the special boot sector option to prevent the programs from complaining
that the other has modified the boot sector.
Rosenthal UnInstall saves a copy of your original boot sector before
generating a special security replacement. To use your original boot
sector as the default, enter "BOOT" on the command line when you run the
program. Change the logged drive to each drive that you had mapped
previously. Very few systems will need this special option, but Rosenthal
UnInstall can remove even some of the nastiest installations.
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Orders Outside the U.S
All international orders are sent by air-mail. See the order form
(ORDER.FRM) for shipping and handling rates. Please be sure to make your
payment in "US Dollars" either by (US) cash, 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 and
credit cards can not be processed.
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Software License agreement
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. This software is provided "as is"
without warranty either expressed or implied.
You may not make any changes or modifications to the software, and you may
not decompile, disassemble or in anyway reverse engineer the software.
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.
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.