[Dxbase] Uninstalling a prior DXBase 2007 installation on Vista and Windows 7

Fri Feb 4 21:36:53 EST 2011

Ron, AE5E reminded me that many have already done an installation and might
need to properly uninstall DXBase before installing it the correct way.
Note: This is really for Vista and Win7 users, you do not need to do this
with XP, ME, 2000, etc.
0. Make sure you have a backup of your log. If you have done modifications
to refdata.mdb, save that into your documents folder.
1. Go to the control panel, select Programs and click on DXBase 2007
2. Click Uninstall
3. Go to the old program directory and delete any remaining files
4. Go to C:\Windows and delete the file Dxb2007.ini
5. Reboot your computer
6. Do the steps I outlined on how to install DXB on Vista and Win7
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
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On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Neal Campbell
<neal at abrohamnealsoftware.com>wrote:
> Here is the installation instructions to properly install DXBase 2007 on a
> Vista or Windows 7 computer:
>>> 1. Download the DXBase 2007 program at
> http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/files/DXBase/Dxb2007.zip and have your
> registration file.
>> 2. Unzip the .zip file to expose the .reg file. If you are running a 64
> bit version of Vista/Windows 7, right-click on the reg file and select
> 'Edit'. In Notepad, replace the following line:
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Scientific Solutions\Dxb2007]
> with this line:
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Scientific Solutions\Dxb2007]
> Save the modified reg file.
>> 3. Double click the .reg file and when asked if it's ok to store in
> registry, you should say yes. If you get a stern warning from Vista or
> Windows 7 about clicking the registration file is dangerous, do not worry,
> its loading the registration key into your system registry. If you can
> ignore the warnings, its okay. If, however, it blocks you from doing the
> registration, go to the Control Panel, select User Accounts and click on the
> hyperlink to change your User Account Control settings. Move the slider to
> the bottom (no warnings), click OK and then double-click the registration
> file again. After the reg file has been installed, go back and reset the
> User Account Control slider to the middle of the control.
>> 4. Save the .reg file to a floppy, thumb drive, CD, or some media off of
> the hard drive for backup.
>> 5. Create a new directory at the base of your main disk drive called
> Dxb2007 (ie., C:\Dxb2007\)
>> 6. Run the DXBase installer. After the screen where you enter your
> callsign, there is a prompt on where to install the program. DO NOT ACCEPT
> THE DEFAULT!! Change the installation directory to the directory you created
> in step 5 above. After changing this setting, you can go ahead and let the
> installer do its work.
>> 7. After the installer has finished. Open the directory where you installed
> DXBase (ie., C:\Dxb2007). Find Dxb2007.exe . Right click on the file and
> select Properties. When the Properties window appears, click on the tab that
> says Compatibility. At the bottom of the window you will see a checkbox that
> says "Run this program as an administrator". Click on the box to make it
> selected. Then click Apply and OK to close it out.
>> 8. Repeat the same action as described in step 7 for the programs
> Dxbutility.exe, Ugdxbase.exe and Import.exe
>> 9. Find the file called Hosts in the Dxbase 2007 installation directory.
> Right click on it and select Copy. Now go to
> C:\Windows\System32]\drivers\Etc\ and right-click in the window and select
> Paste.
>> 10.. Microsoft changed the format of Help files from the way DXBase has
> them, so you will need to install their reader in order to access the help
> files. You can download it here
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166421 (
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166421)
>> 11. Download the prefix update file at
> http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/DXBUpdater-105.zip to bring your
> database up to date!
>> Thats it!
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal Software
> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
> (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER
>> Amateur Radio: K3NC
> Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/
> DXBase bug reports: email to cases at dxbase.fogbugz.com
> Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/
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