stef mientki wrote:

> I'm so unsatisfied with foxit, that I want to go back to Adobe 5.
> Uninstalling Foxit isn't possible in a standard way, as I see now, I
> have to run through the complete registry :-(

It doesn't seem to be that different from other programs. It seems to only
do three things to the system: 1- it creates a FoxitReader.Document class,
2- associates that class with .pdf files and the MIME application/pdf type
and 3- adds some configurations to the registry. 

#1 is the only thing that a typical uninstaller would get rid of that needs
meddling with the registry.

#2 you can easily revert. (I'm surprised though that Acrobat Reader doesn't
seem to provide an option to re-associate itself with PDFs. But probably a
repair install does the trick.)

#3 is, as far as I can see, not more than what other programs leave behind
/after/ you ran the uninstaller. Typically, the uninstaller doesn't remove
anything that was created or modified after the installation, so any
registry-stored setting that has been altered by a user action is usually
left behind and has to be deleted manually if you want to get rid of it.


FWIW, Resplendence Registrar http://www.resplendence.com/registrar is quite
helpful in dealing with the registry. They have a free light version.

Gerhard

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