Bob: Remove All Option Removes These Items
  
PSS ID Number: Q148170
Article last modified on 07-03-1996
 
1.0, 1.0a
 
WINDOWS
 

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1.0, 1.0a
WINDOWS
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bob, versions 1.0, 1.0a
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SUMMARY
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You can remove Bob from your computer by running the Bob Home Setup and
selecting the Remove All option.
 
In Windows 3.1 after the Remove All option is run, the program icons are
removed from the Bob program group. In Windows 95 the program icons are
removed from the Programs menu. The program icons found in the Startup
group for both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, are not removed.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Bob Program files are deleted from the following folders when the Remove
All option is run:
 
Program Files Deleted From These Folders
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\Msbob
\Msbob\Actors
\Msbob\Address
\Msbob\Backup
\Msbob\Calendar
\Msbob\Chkbook
\Msbob\Home
\Msbob\Letter
\Msbob\Mailroom
\Msbob\Notebook\Finance
\Msbob\Notebook\Home
\Msbob\Safari
\Msbob\Setup
\Msbob\Utopiawa
 
 Items Not Removed
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These items are not removed by the Remove All option.
 
1. All documents created by the user.
 
2. The Bob subfolders remain but are empty.
 
3. The Bob program group is not deleted.
 
4. The Bob icon in the Startup group is not deleted
 
5. All changes to the Autoexec.bat, Config.sys, System.ini
   and Win.ini remain.
 
6. The Remove All option will not delete files copied to the
   \Windows\System folder in the Bob installation.
 
Bob Folders and Files Not Removed
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These Bob folders and files are not removed by the Remove All option:
 
\Msbob
   Upic.ldb
   Utopia.ldb
 
\Msbob\Address
   *.ldb files (user created Address Book files)
 
\Msbob\Chkbook
   Chkbook.ini
   *.cek files  (user created Checkbook data files)
   *.cbk files  (user created Checkbook backup files)
 
\Msbob\Icache  (all files remain)
 
\Msbob\Letter
   *.utp files  (user created Letter Writer files)
   *.lex files  (custom dictionary)
 
\Msbob\Mailroom
   Mailroom.ini
   *.pst files
 
\Msbob\Notebook
   \Finance
      *.ldb files  (user created Letter Writer files)
   \Home
      *.ldb files  (user created Letter Writer files)
 
\Msbob\Setup
   Mscpydis.dll
   Mssetup.dll
   _mssetup.exe
   Usetup.dll
   Extract.exe
   Setup.exe
   Acmsetup.hlp
   Utopia.inf
   Utopia.stf
 
\Windows\Mapi
   Profiles.ini
   *.ini files
 
KBCategory: Kbusage
KBSubcategory: B_Setup
 
Additional reference words: kids w_bob delete uninstall
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Keywords          : B_Setup 
Version           : 1.0, 1.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.