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Re: Opera 8.5 Newbie stuck

Subject: Re: Opera 8.5 Newbie stuck
From: Spartanicus
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:07:55 +0000
Newsgroups: opera.general
"V S Rawat" <VSRawat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Opera only uses the registry for uninstall path info IIRC. All
>> other info is stored in ini files (stored in the application
>> dir in a single user install). This allows you to run one
>> Opera installation from various OSs in a multi boot
>> configuration, and you can restore Opera from a backup without
>> having to restore the registry.
>
>I need to get it confirmed once again.
>
>I have checked that opera_w32enen850.exe file can be opened with
>winzip.
>
>So, if I unzip all those files to some folder, say c:\opera, and
>always run from there, will it work in my 98se partition as well
>as xp partition?

No.

>But there are some subfolder created while installed from
>running exe file, whereas the zip archive does not show any path
>in with any file name. Thus, all files will go to one folder on
>zip extraction, and I would not get the subfolders. Then, how
>would it run?

It won't. What made you think it would?

>Also, if I am not using windows registry, I don't need to go
>through add/remove program to uninstall it. I can just delete
>the c:\opera folder and it stands uninstalled.

You can, it's what I do when I "uninstall" some Opera version (I have
many installed). The route through add/remove programs is also there as
it is the method most users would use.

Apart from the needed info for add/remove to work the registry usually
also contains pointers to Opera as the default handler for various
protocols and/or file formats, but that's about it.

-- 
Spartanicus

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