Just venting, no need to read!

KeybdFlyer · 08-02-09, 03:19 PM

Yep, there is a trial version of RegVac, I'll probably be d/l that later... though the reason I'll be doing that is slightly amusing. I d/l VLC player earlier, installed and check-marked the "Context Menu" option at install. Right-clicked on a .ogg file but saw no context entry. "Hmm", I thought, "Must've forgotten to check that option." So, finding no preference choice (obviously) to add it, I uninstalled & re-installed ensuring I'd checked it this time. All fine, yes? No. lol. Now I have TWO sets of context menu entries to choose from! Apparently the software needs a re-boot to apply it's options (but doesn't tell you it needs that) and doesn't remove all its registry entries at uninstallation. Anyway - I've managed to remove said menu entries, but think I'll d/l RegVac or similar to make life easier next time!

Sometimes I wish I was half as clever as I think I am, 'cause then I'd be clever enough to realise I'm not clever enough to mess around with computers!

@Sailor Steve Ha ha ha - yes, the trials & tribulations of maintaining SH3! I also bought SH3 right after release and have also never finished a career, for very similar reasons too; though more usually involving computers that seem to revel in going "boom" just as I'm getting the hang of some piece of software or other. I'm sure you know the old maxim re. "sympathy" and its location in the dictionary, so I feel no loss for the lack of it!

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08-02-09, 03:19 PM	#9
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Yep, there is a trial version of RegVac, I'll probably be d/l that later... though the reason I'll be doing that is slightly amusing. I d/l VLC player earlier, installed and check-marked the "Context Menu" option at install. Right-clicked on a .ogg file but saw no context entry. "Hmm", I thought, "Must've forgotten to check that option." So, finding no preference choice (obviously) to add it, I uninstalled & re-installed ensuring I'd checked it this time. All fine, yes? No. lol. Now I have TWO sets of context menu entries to choose from! Apparently the software needs a re-boot to apply it's options (but doesn't tell you it needs that) and doesn't remove all its registry entries at uninstallation. Anyway - I've managed to remove said menu entries, but think I'll d/l RegVac or similar to make life easier next time! Sometimes I wish I was half as clever as I think I am, 'cause then I'd be clever enough to realise I'm not clever enough to mess around with computers! @Sailor Steve Ha ha ha - yes, the trials & tribulations of maintaining SH3! I also bought SH3 right after release and have also never finished a career, for very similar reasons too; though more usually involving computers that seem to revel in going "boom" just as I'm getting the hang of some piece of software or other. I'm sure you know the old maxim re. "sympathy" and its location in the dictionary, so I feel no loss for the lack of it!