[protext] Can't Uninstall Previous ProTeXt Installation

[Thomas Feuerstack]

Am 01.11.2011 14:00, schrieb Joseph H. Born:
> I inadvertently installed ProTeXt into the "Downloads" folder of my
> Windows 7 machine. Wanting to uninstall it and reinstall it in the
> "Program Files" folder, I found that ProTeXt was not listed among the
> programs I could uninstall--presumably because it isn't in the "Program
> Files" folder!

Correct.

> Simply moving from the "Downloads" folder to the "Program Files" folder
> the ProTeXt folder produced by the installation presumably wouldn't do
> the trick; I assume--but don't know, because I'm computer
> illiterate--that this would leave unhelpful things in the registry and path.
>
> How can I uninstall?

While ProTeXt isn't a "program" itself, its not listed inside "Program 
Files". Therefore you'll have to uninstall the single components, i.e. 
MiKTeX and TeXMakerX.

> Incidentally, the file I used for installation was the third of the
> three on the Purdue mirror site. The first and third files are listed as
> being the same size, but the third is called simple Protext.exe, whereas
> the first one has some numbers added to that name, and I see nothing
> that tells one how to choose between them.

They are both the same. Its normal to store a file a) under a name 
containing version-number and release-date and b) link the content to 
another easier name.

Regards - Thomas