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Article By: Jamie Frater
Article Written: 11th July, 2001

All versions of bersirc which include uninstall abilities (1.3 series) have a serious uninstaller flaw. Instead of deleting just the files it installed, Bersirc deletes the entire directory it was installed in. For example, if you install Bersirc to f:\, when you uninstall it, it will delete every file and folder in the f:\ drive. If you install it to c:\program files\ it will delete every file in the program files folder.

This bug doesn't effect everyone - if you installed bersirc into its own folder, such as c:\program files\bersirc or f:\bersirc, you will have no problem. If the bug does effect you, read on to learn how to manually uninstall Bersirc should you need to (which of course you don't :).)

In order to uninstall Bersirc, you need to do two jobs:

• Remove files and folders
• Remove registry keys

1. Remove Files and Folders

From here on I will use the symbol {$BERSIRC} to signify the directory you installed Bersirc into, for example if you installed Bersirc into f:\, you should read {$BERSIRC} as f:\. The following is a complete list of all files installed by Bersirc or generated by Bersirc after its first run. You can safely delete all of them:

{$BERSIRC}\Bersirc.cnt (help contents)
{$BERSIRC}\Bersirc.exe (program file)
{$BERSIRC}\Bersirc.exe.manifest (Windows XP manifest - not on all systems)
{$BERSIRC}\Bersirc.hlp (help file)
{$BERSIRC}\Bersirc.ini (basic settings)
{$BERSIRC}\changes.txt (latest changes)
{$BERSIRC}\readme.txt (pertinent info)
{$BERSIRC}\servers.dat (irc server list)

This is a list of folders you can safely delete (presuming they are not shared by other programs you have installed):

{$BERSIRC}\Downloads (holds downloaded files)
{$BERSIRC}\Logs (holds all log files)
{$BERSIRC}\Plugins (holds all plugins)
{$BERSIRC}\Profiles (holds all configuration data)
{$BERSIRC}\Scripts (holds script files)

The folders listed above may contain other files - these can be safely deleted.

1. Remove Registry Keys

The number of keys installed depends on the options chosen in the setup program. You can remove most of them by simply deleting the shortcuts created by bersirc in the Start menu (right click the Bersirc folder in the start menu and click "Delete,") and on the desktop (as per previous instructions.)

There are a few keys you will need to delete by hand. You should be very careful when removing keys from the registry, so you may want to make a backup of the keys you are removing before you begin. Follow the instructions below to remove the registry keys:

1. Click Start, click run, type in regedit.exe and press enter
2. Find and delete all of the following keys:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.irc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\irc
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ircfile
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bersirc
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Bersirc

Once you have done all of the above, Bersirc is uninstalled!