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diff --git a/uninstal.txt b/uninstal.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bb06c9935 --- /dev/null +++ b/uninstal.txt @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +Uninstalling Vim on Dos and MS-Windows. + +There are three ways to remove Vim: + +1. With the GUI uninstaller. + This is only available when Vim was installed with the self-installing + executable. This has a minimal number of questions. It can delete + everything that was installed. This also unregisters the VisVim.dll + +2. With uninstal.exe. + This removes most installed items, but does not delete the files you + unpacked. + +3. By hand. + This is a bit more work, but you can decide exactly what you want to + remove. For uninstalling the "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry you still + have to use uninstal.exe. + +It's recommended to use the method that matches with how you installed Vim. +Thus if you installed Vim by hand, deleted it by hand. + +The first two methods should be available from the Add/Remove software window +and the Vim entry in the Start menu. If these have been removed already, find +"uninstall-gui.exe" or "uninstal.exe" in the Vim directory. + Running these programs should be self-explanatory. Carefully read the +messages to avoid deleting something you want to keep. + +Here are guidelines for removing Vim by hand: + +1. Remove the "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry, if it exists. This will only + be on MS-Windows 95/98/NT. This is done by running the uninstal.exe + program. It removes the registry entries for the "Edit with Vim" popup + menu entry. You only need to run uninstal.exe when you have installed the + menu entry. You can also run uninstal.exe from the Control panel with the + Add/Remove programs application. + Note that uninstal.exe offers you to uninstal other items. You can skip + this. + +2. Only if you have used the OLE version of gvim: Remove the registration of + this program by running "gvim -unregister" in a console window. + +3. Delete the executables. If you copied the executables to another location, + you will have to delete them from where you copied them to. If you don't + remember where they are, look in the directories from the $PATH environment + variable. + If you created .bat files when installing Vim, also search for vim.bat, + gvim.bat, etc. + +4. If you completely want to delete vim, and are not going to install another + version, you can delete the vimrc files that you created. These are + normally located in a directory like "C:\vim". If the $VIM environment + variable is set, it will tell the name of the directory. Normally you can + delete everything in this directory. Warning: You might have put some + files there that you would like to save. If you did remove it all, you can + skip the next step. + +5. Delete the distributed files. If you followed the directions, these will + be located in a directory like "C:\vim\vim54". If the $VIM environment + variable is set, the directory will be $VIM\vim54. Delete the "vim54" + directory and all that is in it. Warning: If you changed any of the + distributed files, or added some of your own files, you might want to save + these first. But normally you would not have changed or added files here. + +6. Remove setting the $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME environment variable and adjust + $PATH. $VIM only needs to be removed if you are not going to install + another version of Vim. $VIMRUNTIME is mostly not set. Check if $PATH + contains the path of the vim directory. Note that $PATH may be set in + several places, you will have to find the right one, and only delete the + Vim path from it. You can most likely find the lines that set $PATH, $VIM + and/or $VIMRUNTIME in C:\autoexec.bat. Under Windows NT you might need to + use the "System Properties" editor to change the environment variables, if + they are not in the C:\autoexec.bat file. You can start it by selecting + Start/Settings/Control Panel and then "System". + +7. If you added a Vim entry in the start menu, delete it. + +8. If you created icons for Vim on the desktop, delete them. + +Vim does not use .ini files. The above should remove all Vim files, except +the ones that you moved elsewhere yourself. |