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« on: January 04, 2012, 07:09:37 PM »
Hi Justin:
Thanks for posting a reply. I think you are getting Mozilla FIREFOX and Mozilla THUNDERBIRD mixed up but I understand where you were going with this and you were ABSOLUTELY CORRECT about those registry entries. The same also held true for Adobe Shockwave and I started to suspect that something was amiss.
After a bit more poking around, my suspicions were confirmed. Part of the problem was the PMPC software and part of the problem is the way my PC is configured but THANK YOU for pointing me in the right direction. Let me explain...
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, my PC is DUAL BOOT. I use Windows XP PRO_SP3 as my primary OS but I can also boot my PC to Windows 7 ULTIMATE (32 bit)_SP1. Now it gets even more interesting... I have two SATA hard drives installed in my PC. One hard drive has 2 primary partitions-one partition for Windows XP PRO and the other partition for Windows 7 Ultimate. My second hard drive has 3 partitions (NOT primary)-one partition is for PROGRAMS for Windows XP, one partition for PROGRAMS for Windows 7, and the last partition for all my downloads.
Unlike most WINDOWS users, my C partition only contains my OS (and certain ancillary files/folders such as paging file) with a few exceptions. When I install an application, it goes to my D partition. If I download something, it goes to my E partition. I have my Windows XP OS configured so that the primary partition for my Window 7 installation is HIDDEN as is the PROGRAMS partition for Windows 7. When I run Windows 7 on my PC, my Windows XP partition is HIDDEN as well as the PROGRAMS partition for Windows XP. The downloads partition is visible when running either OS.
This is what I think happened which helped cause the inconsistencies I noted earlier with respect to Mozilla THUNDERBIRD and Adobe SHOCKWAVE. The very first time I ran PMPC on my PC using the GUI, I had it only scan everything. I later reran that APP and I had it update all the common items as well as the optional items. Many, but NOT all, of the items your software help to update landed up being installed on my C partition. I found subdirectories in my PROGRAM FILES folder on my C partition for Mozilla FIREFOX, Mozilla THUNDERBIRD, and Java version 7. Those did NOT exist there prior to my updating my system via PMPC. I agree with you that one must be EXTREMELY CAREFUL poking around in the registry (even if you know what you are doing). I decided to take the safer approach and I uninstalled FIREFOX, THUNDERBIRD, JAVA, as well as the older version of Adobe Shockwave via SOP and then went over everything again with IO Bit Uninstaller to FORCE UNINSTALL whatever remained for the above mentioned APPS in either my D partition or my C partition. I then ran the utility in CCleaner clean my REGISTRY, followed by the same action using Wise Registry Cleaner. I then downloaded the latest versions of FIREFOX, THUNDERBIRD, JRE 7 update 2 and reinstalled them like I normally do (to my D partition). Although a bit of a PITA, my system is now back where I want it to be and those 3 APPS are working fine and NONE of my settings were lost (whew).
I then reran the newest version of PMPC and just had it scan everything. NO INCONSISTENCIES (TADA).
Sorry if it appear that I threw you a knuckle ball. That was NOT my intent. You have helped me and now I am trying to help you. As stated in one of my earlier posts, I think this program is a KEEPER and I'm willing to 'roll up my sleeves' to help you make it even better. In its current form I think this program will work OK for MOST of your average users who only have one partition on their hard drive. Where I think the difficulty will arise is with those few users like me who install their programs in a location other than C:\PROGRAM FILES.
Sorry to have been so long winded. If you wish, I am willing to post the log file for my PC generated by PMPC assuming it is allowed here. If not, I will gladly e-mail it to you.
Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Dan
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