When installing software, WarpIN keeps track of all changes made to the system
in a global database.
The information in the global database includes:
- the target path of the installed files and a list of all copied files,
including their file dates as they were recorded in the archive so that WarpIN
can find out whether they have been overwritten after installation;
- the date of the installation;
- all the changes that were made to
CONFIG.SYS
;
- all the changes that were made to the system INI files (which are
OS2.INI
and OS2SYS.INI
per default);
- the WPS objects that were created;
- the WPS classes that were installed and/or replaced.
Of course, not all this information applies to every software that was installed.
To access the global database, simply start WarpIN without an archive (that is,
double click on the WarpIN program object or on the WARPIN.EXE
file,
or type WARPIN.EXE
at the command line).
WarpIN will then show you all packages that have ever been installed in a
window which works similar to what you are probably used to with the OS/2
Workplace Shell.
That is, you can right click on any of the items in the window or on the
window whitespace to get a context menu which has the database functions:
The available functions are:
- Package information: this shows you all the packages that were
installed. By choosing "Show file list" (or double-clicking on a package),
all the database information on the installed files will be shown.
- Verification: This compares the data that was stored in the database
with the actual files on disk. Any differences (missing files, changed file dates,
missing
CONFIG.SYS
entries etc.) are listed and can be saved as
a text file. This might help to find out why an application is no longer working.
- De-installation: This will attempt to undo all the changes made to
the system (that is, delete all the files that were written, undo
CONFIG.SYS
changes, deregister WPS classes etc.).
- Removal from database: this will simply remove all the information
for a certain package from the global database. This might be useful if you have
deleted files yourself and the database contains useless data. However, by removing
the database information WarpIN will no longer be able to perform the above functions
for that package, so use this with care.