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uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:00 pm
by andrew
Hi i have the watson weather station .Anyway i reinstalled cumulus but i want to delete my history.But after reinstalling the programme the history is still on .Im running windows 7 .Iwas told how to uninstall all of my history before on vista but i cant remember how to do it
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:02 pm
by daj
Hi Andrew
where did you, and have you now, installed Cumulus on Win7?
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:05 pm
by andrew
Hi its on my c drive and yes its already installed
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:06 pm
by daj
Did you install Cumulus in C:\program files ?
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:07 pm
by andrew
yes
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:42 pm
by daj
Oh No!

First thing in the read me .....
Important: On Vista and Windows 7, it is strongly recommended
that you install Cumulus outside the Program Files hierarchy,
e.g. put it in C:\Cumulus\.
Let's move on from potential punishment!!
If you want to clear everything down best to uninstall Cumulus and then look in a hidden folder
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Cumulus
Delete the Cumulus folder
Re-install in a new folder, eg C:\cumulus
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:47 pm
by andrew
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Cumulus.....i cant find the app folder it is not there
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:51 pm
by andrew
app/data
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:51 pm
by daj
how far along the path do you see?
It is usually hidden by default, so you need to tell Windows to show it.
In Windows Exploer click Organize and then Folder and Search Options
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Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 4:57 pm
by andrew
job done thanks alot for your help Daj
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 5:00 pm
by daj
No probs
Just by way of an explanation, and the reason Steve suggests not installing in c:\program files....
Windows Vista & more so Windows 7 have changed the security options and often by default when a program tries to install 'data' into the programs folder, Windows will create a Virtual Store (hidden) to keep the data outwith the programs folder structure. Most users are completely unaware of it as Windows handles the links to where the data really is, however it does cause some problems.
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 5:07 pm
by andrew
Just a quick question ..Im wanting to set up a web page with all of the cumulus data on the page.But the problem is ive not got a clue on how to do it.i have no idea at all onbuilding web pages and ive tried in the past and have had zero results.Do you know of any free web pages ?
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 5:25 pm
by cats_five
I installed mine in D:\Program Files and this is the path to the data - this was Win7 64bit, and was a clean install system not a Vista upgrade:
D:\Program Files (x86)\Cumulus\data
The data seems to be in Dec09log.txt. Shame it's not called 0912log.txt as then they would naturally sort in date order.
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 5:34 pm
by andrew
Do you know how to build a free webpage and do you know any links to find one ?
Re: uninstall history
Posted: Mon 28 Dec 2009 6:33 pm
by steve
cats_five wrote:I installed mine in D:\Program Files and this is the path to the data - this was Win7 64bit, and was a clean install system not a Vista upgrade:
D:\Program Files (x86)\Cumulus\data
Yes, installing anywhere outside %ProgramFiles% or %ProgramFiles(x86)% will result in the data staying in the installation folder.