[masonchumpia]

How does one go about uninstalling fs2_open? I haven't been able to find any documentation regarding this. When attempting to remove Freespace 2 through the Add/Remove Programs dialog, Windows tells me that the directory in which I installed Freespace cannot be found. Is fs2_open like the typical Windows setup that tucks random DLLs away into various locations or will I be safe in deleting the fs2_open folder?

[Dark Hunter]

Uhhh... why in the world would you want to get rid of FSOpen???? 


To uninstall FSOpen, I believe all you'd have to do is delete the fsopen.exe, the fred2open.exe, the Launcher, and the Media Vp's folder. Then you'd still have retail installed, but without Open.

[Snail]

Can I just say...

Burn the heretic! (j/k)


Well actually, Dark Hunter, FS2Open IIRC modifies the registry of your retail install so it's much less simple than that. I'm not sure but it looks to m that masonchumpia wants to delete FS2 altogether.

[Turey]

Delete the folder, then, if you want to, delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Volition" and "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Volition, Inc." in regedit. The last step isn't needed because it shouldn't mess with anything else, but if you want to remove all traces, that's how you do it.

[Snail]

I meant that if you want to revert to retail you have to do some messing around in regedit too.

Deleting Retail FS2 normally is easy enough.

[Turey]

I meant that if you want to revert to retail you have to do some messing around in regedit too.

Shouldn't have to.

[Snail]

I was pretty sure it modified the registries.

Whatever.

[jr2]

It does, but since SCP is Retail compatible, it doesn't mess with the ones Retail uses, they are still intact, so you don't have to change anything.

[Snail]

Hmmm... I guess you're right then.

[Nuke]

if you want to revert to retail id just delete the freespace folder and re-install retail through its installer.

[karajorma]

That's a waste of time. Just delete anything you don't see in this picture.




You don't even need all of those files in fact.

[Nuke]

well theres there that doesnt need to be there. ereg and mindspring can go, the updater and patchw32.dll can go, i doubt they even work. just manually install the final patch. the pxo url can be dumped to, another thing which probibly doesnt work.

[karajorma]

I agree. My point was that you don't need to waste 5-10 minutes reinstalling the entire game when you can just delete files and have the same effect.

The updater works though

[Nuke]

ah, i had just assumed that the patch host isnt online anymore. none the less oncew youve patched the game, you really dont need it anymore. the only retail files i even use are the vps, everything else i just cleared.

[Bob-san]

Why not just move the SCP files into a folder?

[karajorma]

Well presumably they're uninstalling the SCP because it didn't work for them, they didn't like it or they can't spare the space for it any more.

 You're being a bit of an idiot uninstalling the SCP but keeping retail otherwise since a proper SCP installation doesn't interfere with you playing retail in the slightest.