UNINSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE

	Unlike many programs, this one has not placed "tentacles" into the Windows Registry and elsewhere.  Its installation was clean, and so is the simple two-step method by which it may be removed:

   1) Delete the shortcut (icon) you use to start the program.

   2) Use Windows Explorer to find the folder into which you have installed the program and delete the entire folder, as well as its sub-folders. 
 

If you don't know which folder contains the program, use the Windows "Find" routine, which may be accessed by pressing the Start button.  Search for a file named NOTICES.TXT.  The Windows Find routine will report the folder that contains the file, and it is this folder (as well as its sub-folders) that you should delete with Windows Explorer.  If you're on a network, you may have directed the program to place its data files into a folder different from the one containing the program.  In this case, you should conduct an additional search for CFGMAIN.DAF.  The folder that contains this file is the one that contains the program's database files.



WHY ISN'T THIS SOFTWARE SUPPLIED WITH AN AUTOMATED "UNINSTALL" ROUTINE?

	There are two primary reasons that no uninstall routine is provided with this software:  1) none is needed, and 2) such routines are often flawed.  

	Why do other programs provide uninstall routines?  Well, a chief advantage of an uninstall routine is that it eliminates the need to manually edit the Windows Registry in a dangerous attempt to remove a program's entries therein.  But, since this software does not alter the Registry in any way, there is no need to edit the Registry when it is removed.  Hence, restoring the Registry is not a valid reason to provide an uninstall routine with this software.

	Well, you may say, uninstall routines also automatically remove a program's files and folders.  Oh, really?  Though the typical computer user who runs an uninstall routine assumes that all remnants of the software have been completely eliminated, he may be wrong more often than he would like to believe.  If, for instance, some files are moved to another folder after installing a program, its uninstall routine may not be able to find and eliminate those files.  Dangling shortcuts (icons) are also a problem.  Some uninstall routines can't even identify the files that have been added to a folder by the program, itself.  And to further muddle matters, when an uninstall routine can't decide what to do with a file, it will ask the user for guidance.  As if the typical user knows what to do in that case!

	The best way to sidestep all this confusion is to avoid the need for using an automated uninstall routine in the first place.  And that is best done by keeping the software in one place and by not fiddling with the Registry.  Remember, all of this software has been installed into the single directory that you have specified.  And it has not pried itself into the Registry.

	One final point:  the most popular Install/Uninstall software adds a significant amount of headroom to downloadable files.  Integra Computing has opted to spare you the added disk consuming headroom and download time that accompany such software.