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Date:	Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:32:20 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ECS 1.2 Group Purchase

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Thank you Gary for a thorough explanation of your experience.
HCM

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:38:26 PDT7, Gary Granat wrote:

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>On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:36:27 PDT7, Harry Motin wrote:
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>>Also, I would like to know if anyone has upgraded their eCS system from the original
>>eStylerLite to XWorkplace? And if you did, was it a simple installation on top of
eStyler,
>>or did you have to do something more extensive, such as uninstall?
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>Harry,
>I think you are confusing two products. eStylerLite is the "lite" version of
>Styler/2 (aka Smart Windows, many years ago). eWorkplace (or whatever it is
>called) is the "lite" version of xWorkplace. In any event, I have upgraded to
>both of the "full" versions.
>
>eStylerLite: Its been a while, but I think what I did was to deactivate
>eStylerLite (it is one of the configuration options), do a shutdown/restart,
>and install Styler/2. I'm running Ver. 1.7.0.0.
>
>xWorkplace: I followed the instructions in the xWorkplace readme, which read:
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>> Installing on eComStation 1.1
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>>
>> If you are installing on eComStation 1.1, note that
>> the "Desktop enhancements" of that version include a
>> special version of XWorkplace that will conflict with
>> the standalone version. Do one of the following:
>>
>> * Install this release of XWorkplace over the version
>> that comes with eCS 1.1 -- that is, when WarpIN
>> asks you about the target directory, enter
>> ?:\ecs\system\ewps (on your boot drive).
>>
>> Note however that this will overwrite the version
>> that comes with eCS, which cannot easily be recovered.
>>
>> * Alternatively, exit this XWorkplace installation now
>> and deinstall the eCS version first by running
>>
>> ?:\ecs\system\ewps\install\deinst.cmd
>>
>> Restart your desktop (or reboot), and then install
>> XWorkplace to any directory.
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>I elected to use the second alternative. FWIW, the DEINST command does a very
>thorough scrub of WPS objects and classes which eWP modified upon installation,
>but it doesn't destroy any of the program elements. Thus, it should be
>possible -- with a little finesse -- to "reinstall" it, should the need or
>desire ever arise. I'm currently running Ver. 1.0.2 of xWorkplace.
>
>My preference is for the "full" versions of both of these enhancers, and I'm
>quite happy with my "upgrade" effort.
>
>--gary
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>ggranat at earthlink dot net
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