I installed SLauncher, and have recently deleted the folder on my MMC. Now when I boot my phone and try to access the menu's, it says system error. It shows my standby screen just fine, and when I hold in my 'menu' button it brings up the SLauncher Task Manager <--Even though I already deleted the folder for Slauncher!!!
I can close SLauncher from the task manager window, and then use my original N3650 menus - but it's a big pain in the butt to have to bring up the task manager after each reboot, and close SLauncher.
Where is this file to get rid of it starting up????
Well,deleting is not the same as uninstalling,BTW: the folder you deleted is not the only folder used by sLauncher,so next time,RTFM.The proper way of doing it is to uninstall sLaucher from app manager.In order to fix your problem,i suggest to install sLaucher one more time and the uninstall it from app manager.
So i had Slauncher,but after few days of using it,i got system error,and i deleted it.
GhostDog, RTFM shouldnt be a requirement to uninstall. If it is, then the developers are the true morons for making it so embedded into the OS that it leaves remnants after deletion.....
Smart developers = smart programs
[quote="Anonymous"]GhostDog, RTFM shouldnt be a requirement to uninstall. If it is, then the developers are the true morons for making it so embedded into the OS that it leaves remnants after deletion.....
Smart developers = smart programs[/quote]
What are you talking about? Do you just delete uninstalled programs on your Windows PC from the Program Files folder?I don't think so!It is the same with Symbian,most of the programs have system or dll files in other folders then the main one located in the apps folder.Uninstallation of programs is something really basic and it is described in 3650's manual,not sLauncher's.Although sLaucher is very simple to use,and probably he would've had problems with any other app if just deleted the main folder.
SymbianWare's developers are one of the smartest in the market and I don't even want to imagine what would Series 60 be like without theirs contribution.
"Do you just delete uninstalled programs on your Windows PC from the Program Files folder?I don't think so!I"
As a matter of fact I do, and it works perfectly. Better than the 'uninstall' option seeing as many developers leave code even after you choose to uninstall.
Fact of the matter is, every other application I've deleted on my n3650 has had a clean deletion. This is the ONLY program I've had a problem with so far - and I've installed ALL the major proggies out there.
Well,I said what I had to say,the proper way of removing programs is by uninstalling them from the app manager,and even if you don't have problems,there still could be files remaining in some system directories on the C: drive,which means useless used space.In Windows,you will get more remaining files if you just delete the Program Files folder then if you uninstall it and I don't even want to start about Linux package installation like .rpm.
If you want to reinvent the wheel,go ahead but when something bad happens to your phone,don't come here blaming the developers or anyone else for that matter.
Ghostdog is right, just because ou have been VERY LUCKY so far it does not mean you are right.
sLauncher is different to most programs because it works closely with the OS to give you a NEW menu system, think about it, the system launches a different menu system to the the standard one when you press the menu key, so simply deleting the application folder is not sufficiant to remove the whole program as there is obviously calls from the system to the application when the menu button is pressed.
The correct way to remove a program on the phone OR PC for that matter is to uninstall it using the uninstall option within the program or OS and then you can manually 'clean up' any remaining folders manually if you wish to.
Carry on this way and it won't be long before you turn on your PC or phone and it won't boot up because the system is looking for a file you have deleted becasue you incorrectly uninstalled a program, and then you'll be on here asking for help and advise to get your phone working again! 😉
Will
Will and Ghostdog are right, however I must say that the way Symbianware have implemented the "Launcher load on press of menu button" is somewhat awkward, because there is a much easier way, which would avoid all problems such as removing the folder without proper uninstallation, or swapping MMCs if sLauncher is installed to MMC etc.
""Launcher load on press of menu button" is somewhat awkward, because there is a much easier way,"
Hence my anger, they had a choice to make it user friendly or to make it a cluster f***. Fairly obvious which choice they made....
In my A+ class we were taught to delete things from the directories and to never use the uninstall. Always worked for me, never had any of these 'major' problems you guys speak of. Difference of opinion I guess........
A+ class,what is that? BTW: Have you used Linux? Do you know what will the deletion of directories without prior uninstallation will do to the RPM database and system dependancies? It is not a difference in opinion,uninstalling has always been the right way like it says in the manual.
A+ is the hardware/software standard.... Basically it certs you as a technician. PS, uninstalling MANY programs from the 'uninstall' window leaves entire directories, save files, and .ini files. Works like a charm for you though huh!
PS - who even mentioned/cares about linux?
Sorry 'Guest', but the certification board for that course should be shot! As GhostDog quite correctly said, the most efficient way IS using an uninstaller first, then manually clear up any remaining files.
Lets go back to Windows - Okay, you remove a directory to uninstall it - fair enough.
What about the registry entries? The start menu/program manager shortcuts? The file associations? The dynamic link libraries? They are left behind, causing corruption and disk space waste.
I'm not too familiar with Linux, but I think the .rpm file leaves lists of installed applications, so of course, if you remove an application by just removing it, the list is not updated.
This is true with Symbian OS -- every item you install is logged in Tools -> Manager, so if you just delete them manually, the list will be clogged with apps that are no longer present, resulting in System Errors, and even worse - "Phone cannot start up. Contact the retailer". And you don't want that. Believe me.