VB.NET 2003 Resource Kit - Unable to Uninstall

[JPL]

Hi,

I wish to uninstall the VB.NET 2003 Resource Kit, but this fails because a
file is not found. I cannot reinstall - that fails because the kit is
already installed. There must be a way out of this loop, but how...?

JPL

 

[Ken Halter]

Hi,

I wish to uninstall the VB.NET 2003 Resource Kit, but this fails because a
file is not found. I cannot reinstall - that fails because the kit is
already installed. There must be a way out of this loop, but how...?

JPL

Since no one else is popping in, I might as well give 'er a shot.

If all else fails, you can use System Mechanic to get rid of that package.
It has everything under the sun built in, including reg cleaner, uninstall
apps (any apps, not just the ones in add/remove), etc, etc. Using this tool,
you should be able to rip that resource kit out by the roots <g>

http://www.iolo.com/sm/index.cfm

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB (visiting from VB6 world) - http://www.vbsight.com

Please keep all discussions in the groups..

Hi Ken,

Nice to meet you again in .NET newsgroups this time!. Are you moving to
..NET? Or just a quick visit?

--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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[Ken Halter]

Hi Ken,

Nice to meet you again in .NET newsgroups this time!. Are you moving to
.NET? Or just a quick visit?

Hi Carlos....

Just visiting for now.... basically going through the same steps I did
before installing VB Classic.... that is, browse groups looking for answers
to questions I'd probably end up asking and looking for "pit falls" to avoid
before even starting to "play around".

I don't know if I'll ever completely drop VB6. As long as it works (much
faster btw), I'll use it. All the .Net hype about productivity and code
reuse seems to be just that..... hype. I heard someone the other day say "if
you have to re-write all of your 'reusable' classes each time a new product
is released, they're not very 'reusable' are they?" We have code here that's
survived since DOS days. In fact, a couple of our C devs still write all of
their code in C6 and run it in DOS to avoid the overhead of Windows and
allow them to squeeze every ounce of CPU/Ram performance out of a PC they
can.

In the long run, performance will be a key factor in any (trying to avoid
the use of the word "upgrade" here) migration path we take. Our software
doesn't really do the tasks that "normal" VBish software does.... absolutely
no database or web stuff here. Everything's written to run the hardware we
produce. Hardware monitoring and UIs need performance, not bells, whistles
and support for XP Themes <g>.

We'll see.... Even though I tend to sound bitter or "resistant to change",
I'm trying my best to keep an open mind here. I've even convinced a couple
of devs here to give VS'05 a chance. So far though, the experience isn't all
we've hoped for (immediately had problems with SourceSafe'05 integration
with VB6 and the VS IDE's dog slow)

The one thing I am interested in (not work related at all) is mobile
development. The emulators are extremely cool. If anything, I'll be playing

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

Hi Ken,

I understand your concerns. IMHO, the first thing is not to rush to learn
..NET or migrate your apps, in fact I would recommend between 1 or 2 years
developing new applications before attempting to migrate anything, because
surely a major rewriting will be needed (migrating for the sake of migrating
until it compiles OK in the new environment is pointless, IMO). So, learning
..NET can be a nice experience if done without hurry. Otherwise it will be
painful because many things are different.

About the performance of the IDE, yes, it is an issue, specially with VS
2005. It seems that every time that a new major IDE is released you have to
double your hardware, at least the RAM memory.

Good luck, and if I can help you (online or offline) let me know. Regards to
the other people of the VB6 newsgroup.

--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
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