On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 09:36 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
This concept of re-installing software to make it work again is a total Windows anomaly - it only works in Windows because of the ability to over-write system DLLs (i.e. some other software package installed a "better" version of a DLL that the failing package can't cope with - re-installing just re-instates that original DLL
Windows installers sometimes rewrite configuration files and registry entries as well, fixing problems that may have happened because of configuration errors. -- Knowledge Is Power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil
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