No Uninstall For Sh3 Commander 2.3?

01-22-06, 05:48 PM

Hi, I am trying to install the 2.4 version over the 2.3 that I have been using for about a month or so. I have d/l the 2.4 version and have performed a rollback and exited commander, then navigated to sh3 commander folder and there is no uninstall file. Not showing up in the add remove programs either. How can I safely remove the old version before install of the new one?

I am mid patrol, using xp home with sp2, have backed up sh3 commander ini file also

love the game mods, thanks for your hard work

CCIP · 01-22-06, 05:52 PM

Actually, I would have suggested saving in base rather than mid-patrol first, but...

SHIII commander does not install any registry entries or such, so far as I am aware. You can simply delete the Commander folder from your hard drive, and install it again. This is what I've done with 2.3=>2.4, and it worked without trouble so far.

*you may want to be careful if you had any additional mods for SHIII commander, which you should back up first.

Letum · 01-22-06, 05:53 PM

just delete the files manualy

Herr Karl · 01-22-06, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

just delete the files manualy

Explore...C:/Program Fies/SH3Commander.....delete

I thought we could download over the top though... :hmm:

Maybe another mod...

GT182 · 01-22-06, 10:18 PM

Here's an interesting problem.....

there is no SHIII Commander file in my C:/Program Files that I can find. It's not in SHIII main folder either, nor My Documents..... but SHIII Com 2.3 runs fine.

"Where oh where are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone?" Honest to God, I cannot find it anywhere. I'm stumped.

Now, once I'm in port again, can I install SHIII Commander 2.4 over 2.3 without problems?

Marhkimov · 01-22-06, 10:21 PM

You can use the search function. Just look around in program files or your harddrive(s).

Tip: Next time, don't just install things willy-nilly... Remember where you put them.

phatmatt · 01-22-06, 10:29 PM

Just right click your desktop icon of your sh3 commander and click on properties, it will tell you where it is right under the target location, if i remember right

01-22-06, 11:23 PM

Hi, I deleted the files manually and the install of 2.4 went well. I also backed up my ini file then reinstalled it in the new sh3 commander folder. Checked out my patrol and everything was ok. thanks for the help

JScones · 01-23-06, 02:21 AM

If you installed the 7z version, there will be no uninstall option in "Add/Remove programs". The uninstall option only appears for users that install the exe file version.

@CCIP: Correct, SH3Cmdr does not write to the registry (I hate when mess is left behind!). The exe installation routine, however, saves the usual uninstall details, but these are removed upon uninstallation.

@GT182: Search in Windows Explorer for "SH3Cmdr.exe". Alternatively, if you installed r2.3 via the exe file, run the r2.4 exe file and it will default to, and display, the previous installation path. Exit at that point. Or, simply follow phatmatt's instructions.

GT182 · 01-24-06, 02:32 PM

Thanks Phatmatt, your advice worked. It's been found and all is ok. It was in C:/program files not Program Files where I thought it should be. I've not made any program go to program files as I've never had that folder section before.

And thanks to you too Jaeson. SHIII Com 2.4 is running fine and where it should be.

phatmatt · 01-24-06, 04:34 PM

@ GT182

No problem

I try to help when I can

GT182 · 01-24-06, 09:00 PM

BTW, I forgot to add this.

The only way I found SHIII Com 2.3 was by "Find Target" from Properties. If I looked in SHIII main folder or the mods folder it didn't show up at all.

01-22-06, 05:48 PM	#1
RightLane Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	No Uninstall For Sh3 Commander 2.3? Hi, I am trying to install the 2.4 version over the 2.3 that I have been using for about a month or so. I have d/l the 2.4 version and have performed a rollback and exited commander, then navigated to sh3 commander folder and there is no uninstall file. Not showing up in the add remove programs either. How can I safely remove the old version before install of the new one? I am mid patrol, using xp home with sp2, have backed up sh3 commander ini file also love the game mods, thanks for your hard work

01-22-06, 05:52 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Actually, I would have suggested saving in base rather than mid-patrol first, but... SHIII commander does not install any registry entries or such, so far as I am aware. You can simply delete the Commander folder from your hard drive, and install it again. This is what I've done with 2.3=>2.4, and it worked without trouble so far. you may want to be careful if you had any additional mods for SHIII commander, which you should back up first. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet* (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-22-06, 05:53 PM	#3
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	just delete the files manualy __________________

01-22-06, 10:18 PM	#5
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Here's an interesting problem..... there is no SHIII Commander file in my C:/Program Files that I can find. It's not in SHIII main folder either, nor My Documents..... but SHIII Com 2.3 runs fine. "Where oh where are you tonight? Why did you leave me here all alone?" Honest to God, I cannot find it anywhere. I'm stumped. Now, once I'm in port again, can I install SHIII Commander 2.4 over 2.3 without problems? __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

01-22-06, 10:21 PM	#6
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You can use the search function. Just look around in program files or your harddrive(s). Tip: Next time, don't just install things willy-nilly... Remember where you put them. __________________ It takes two to tango

01-22-06, 10:29 PM	#7
phatmatt Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 121 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Just right click your desktop icon of your sh3 commander and click on properties, it will tell you where it is right under the target location, if i remember right __________________

01-22-06, 11:23 PM	#8
RightLane Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hi, I deleted the files manually and the install of 2.4 went well. I also backed up my ini file then reinstalled it in the new sh3 commander folder. Checked out my patrol and everything was ok. thanks for the help

01-23-06, 02:21 AM	#9
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	If you installed the 7z version, there will be no uninstall option in "Add/Remove programs". The uninstall option only appears for users that install the exe file version. @CCIP: Correct, SH3Cmdr does not write to the registry (I hate when mess is left behind!). The exe installation routine, however, saves the usual uninstall details, but these are removed upon uninstallation. @GT182: Search in Windows Explorer for "SH3Cmdr.exe". Alternatively, if you installed r2.3 via the exe file, run the r2.4 exe file and it will default to, and display, the previous installation path. Exit at that point. Or, simply follow phatmatt's instructions.

01-24-06, 02:32 PM	#10
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Thanks Phatmatt, your advice worked. It's been found and all is ok. It was in C:/program files not Program Files where I thought it should be. I've not made any program go to program files as I've never had that folder section before. And thanks to you too Jaeson. SHIII Com 2.4 is running fine and where it should be. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

01-24-06, 04:34 PM	#11
phatmatt Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 121 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	@ GT182 No problem I try to help when I can __________________

01-24-06, 09:00 PM	#12
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	BTW, I forgot to add this. The only way I found SHIII Com 2.3 was by "Find Target" from Properties. If I looked in SHIII main folder or the mods folder it didn't show up at all. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.