Testing Auto-Uninstall Procedure

The beta testing of the Auto-uninstalation procedure has started today

It is anticipated that the software will automatically uninstall when the project closes on 16 December. In practice, this means that when a PC attempts to download jobs after the 16 December a new version of loader will be downloaded which will run automatically an uninstall the software.

To test this

1. Take a backup of the Find-a-Drug software folder including its cache subfolder. It may be a good idea to stop think before doing so and restart the software afterwards (ie run loader).

2. Download http://www.find-a-drug.net/uninstal/loader.exe for Windows or http://www.find-a-drug.net/uninstal/loader for Linux. Under Linux you will need to use chmod to make loader executable (chmod u+x loader). You must move loader to the folder containing the software!

3. Manually run loader.exe (windows) or loader (Linux)




This should:

1. Stop the software.

2. Remove think.lgo from startup folders and any service definitions created by 1.30 beta.

3. Remove Find-a-Drug Control Panel desktop icon and Find-a-Drug items under Start > Programs

4. Delete most of the contents of the software folder and cache subfolder (loader.exe and salflibc.dll are deliberately left behind under Windows just incase a non-standard startup procedure is being used). jobs.htm is also left behind. Depending on the version of THINK you originally installed and which (if any) test versions you ran there may be a few other files left.




We are aware that

1. Any non-standard startup procedure which references think.exe or fadsetup.exe will fail as these files have been removed.

2. 1.25 Linux users will probably see error message 26 relating to writing to computer.tlg. This can be ignored.

3. Registry entries are left behind - just incase they are useful in the future.

You should be able to restore the backup and continue processing the remaining queries after you have completed the test.