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Outlook 2007 isn't so bad (EDIT, yes it is)
Stoic Joker:
Thinking about it I have a couple of Sony programs that may use SQL databases so they might be the cause of the pop up - but surely the MS installer should be able to detect that stuff is still needed by other programs ... isn't that the whole point of the registry system?
-Carol Haynes (September 08, 2008, 06:19 PM)
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The installer can only keep track of the information contained in the install/uninstall script it's running. Once SQL (most flavors) is installed by any one program no other program will actually install sql again (even if it says it is) it will simply create a new instance of the service (named for the app it's from) and add that to the SCM's to-do list.
So you remove A and B throws an error ... That's "normal"
Carol Haynes:
I thought the whole point of the registration system was so that MS installers could keep track of the number of installed apps using a product. That way is A installs X and then B is installed and needs X the registered count for X bumps to 2. That way if A is unistalled X is not uninstalled just the registration count is reduced - that way product B should be unaffected.
Maybe I have the wrong end of the stick but I thought this is why you get messages saying files are no longer needed (ie. the usage count drops to 0) when you uninstall apps.
It seems a pity MS can't use their own system the way it was intended to work. If this wasn't the intention what is the point of registering instances of apps?
superboyac:
How can I hide all the addresses from showing up when I use distribution lists in Outlook 2007? In all other email programs, the distribution list doesn't show all the addresses, just the title of the distribution list. In Outlook it expands it to all the addresses which is really ugly when you receive the email.
All the solutions I searched for say to use the BCC field. But that's stupid. Like I said, in all other programs, you don't have to do that. Any suggestions?
Carol Haynes:
There is no other way that I know. Why not send it to yourself or a no-reply address and BCC the list? That's what a lot of lists do it anyway.
PPLandry:
There is no other way that I know. Why not send it to yourself or a no-reply address and BCC the list? That's what a lot of lists do it anyway.
-Carol Haynes (September 16, 2008, 04:26 PM)
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but BCCs are often filtered as spam. Email merge is the way to go.
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