uninstall Masm32

[DanWebb314]

I borrowed my sons' computer and installed MASM32.  Now I need to remove it and give it back.  What is the right way to remove MASM32.  If I just delete the folder I am sure it will leave unwanted "items".

Thanks in advance
Dan

[DanWebb314]

I also need to uninstall the "ollydbg" debugger.  Both these programs are not listed in the "Add or Remove Programs" list.

[qWord]

Deleting the folders is sufficient - don't worry about that few possible registry entries.

[dedndave]

the only possibilities i can think of...
if you have modified the PATH environment variable to include masm32\bin or the olly folder
... or if you have made olly the default crash handler

[DanWebb314]

None of the above.  I think it is safe to just delete the folders if what you say is true.  Here goes.  Wish me luck

[KeepingRealBusy]

"Luck be a lady tonight"!

[DanWebb314]

How do I mark this as Solved?

[mywan]

Deleting the folders is sufficient - don't worry about that few possible registry entries.

This is why I never use an installer and track any registry changes a program makes on execution. I hate this!!!

[hutch--]

This much, MASM32 is fully portable which means it add NOTHING into the registry. To delete MASM32 you simply delete the MASM32 directory and everything above it (IE: All of its subdirectories.) The MASM32 installation leaves NOTHING behind. If you have added other software you will need to check what it does.

DanWebb314,

You don't, we leave questions in the forum as reference for others to read, we are not a help desk but a forum of members.

[mywan]

This much, MASM32 is fully portable which means it add NOTHING into the registry. To delete MASM32 you simply delete the MASM32 directory and everything above it (IE: All of its subdirectories.) The MASM32 installation leaves NOTHING behind. If you have added other software you will need to check what it does.

I did notice this and was highly impressed. I don't even need a path set for the include folder. I don't understand why so many developers think spidering a system is even useful, much less necessary.

[hfheatherfox07]

Deleting the folders is sufficient - don't worry about that few possible registry entries.

This is why I never use an installer and track any registry changes a program makes on execution. I hate this!!!

The way hutch did it is better! When you use his installer it also compiles the .lib's thus making the installer so much smaller!!!
How ever if you are concerned about that kind of stuff , nirsoft makes great free apps (which you can down load as zip too no installer LOL )
Among the great free apps are a bunch of reg utilities that let you clean up and manage you registry !
Example:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/clean_after_me.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/reg_file_from_application.html

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/registered_dll_view.html

This is to use instead of your regedit ...works nicer

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html

[Vortex]

The Masm32 installation is flexible. You can create another instance of the installation by copying all the Masm32 files to a subdirectory like the following:

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subst M: "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\masm32"

M: is the root of the new Masm32 copy.