Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: Re: Crazy idea
From:    Digital Man(21:1/183)
Date:    Wed Sep 30, 2026 12:33

  Re: Re: Crazy idea
  By: Dreamweaver to Digital Man on Wed Sep 30 2026 08:33 am

 > DM> For the record, you don't have to install SyncTERM to use it and you can
 > DM> delete it by removing whatever directory you copied it into. But some
 > DM> data/files that it created could remain after. Because for many good
 > DM> reaso data and programs are not stored in the same directories in modern
 > DM> OSes.
 >
 > Then why wouldn't the problem, er, program delete these?   This make no
 > sense to people that have used this kind of stuff for years.  Just sloppy
 > coding it seems.

The Windows installation/uninstallation of the program does delete the files. But you said you didn't want install the program. A program doesn't know when you've deleted it, so it's kind if impossible for it to delete anything after the fact. Logical, yes?
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