Rosenthal Engineering P.O.Box 1650, San Luis Obispo CA USA 93406 U.S.Patent No. 5,359,659, Copyright 1994-96 all rights reserved. WWW http://slonet.org/~doren/ e-mail doren@slonet.org Rosenthal UnInstall (tm) 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, NT and OS/2) software. All new additions may be kept or deleted with the system completely returned to normal. 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. 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 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 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 (including Win95 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. Rosenthal UnInstall is designed to remove all versions of Windows software including 3.1, Win95, NT. 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 for each new version when prompted. To try this software without a registered serial number, just press ENTER at the serial number prompt. 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. 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 latter 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. The text contents of files being considered for exemption can be displayed using the "D-Display" option. 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. 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 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. 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 description of this very highly acclaimed, "must have" utility. - - - - - - - - - - - - Program Requirements Rosenthal UnInstall runs using all versions of MS-Windows including 3.1, Win95, NT and/or DOS 3.1 through 7, and OS/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. - - - - - - - - - - - - Orders Outside the U.S. All international orders are sent by air-mail. See the order form (ORDER.FRM) for shipping and handling rates. Yes! Visa or Master Card can now be accepted and makes currency exchange to US Dollars very simple. 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. 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.