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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:59:52 -0700
From:	Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfeldmj@ca.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RSJ Problem...?

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Harry Motin wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:13:15 -0700, Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>
>> I have a problem with RSJ-505. I am setting up an eCs 2.0 rc2
>> installation on a new harddrive. I tried to install RSJ 5.05,
>> but after the installation and reboot the program was not
>> there, nor was it in the config.sys, although the files were
>> in the proper directory. i tried to wipe out all vestiges of
>> the program, but no matter how many times I reboot or check
>> config.sys or clean the user files, when I try to run
>> CDWOS2US.EXE, it tells me to reboot before attempting to
>> reinstall. Where does it hide?
>
>
> I'm having a little problem with your statements. When you say that the program was not
> there after your first installation attempt, nor was there anything in the CONFIG.SYS, but
> the installation files WERE on you hard drive, I find all of that hard to believe.
>
> 1. Do you have any lines in your CONFIG.SYS like the following:
>
> IFS=C:\CDWFS\CDWFS.IFS
> RUN=C:\CDWFS\CDWFSD.EXE -p "C:/CDWFS/TEMP"
> -c20000 -b2048 -t2 -i3 -s0
>
> If you do, then you still have vestiges of the installation

No. No CDWFS stuff at all, mirabile dictu!

> 2. When you install RSJ the desktop installation folder
(the one with the
> various program objects and online documentation, etc.) will probably be placed in the
> top left hand corner of your monitor (I just did a reinstall to confirm this). On my system I
> have the InJoy firewall window residing there. The RSJ folder was underneath the InJoy
> window and hidden from direct view. I suspect something like that happened to you.

The RSJ program folder is absent. Honest!

> 3. You are supposed to uninstall RSJ by using the installer,
> CDWOS2US.EXE, and pressing the "Uninstall" button. You are not supposed to
> manually uninstall/remove files.>

I can't use the installer because the install program
perniciously keeps telling me to reboot, even if I have just
rebooted. Honest!

> 4. Try using "Find Objects" utility to locate all objects on your desktop.
> This utility is contained in the OS/2 Toolbar. I'm not sure if it is only in the Toolbar (built
> into it), or if it is part of OS/2 and the Toolbar picked it up.

OK, thanks. I don't know where it was hiding, but I found it
and uninstalled it and reinstalled and rebooted and we are
back in business.

Thanks again.

Martin

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