Q270744: ELL: User Information Is Not Saved When Uninstalling Software

Article: Q270744
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbimu
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Encarta Language Learning French 
- Microsoft Encarta Language Learning French Deluxe 
- Microsoft Encarta Language Learning Spanish 
- Microsoft Encarta Language Learning Spanish Deluxe 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you uninstall the Encarta Language Learning programs listed at the
beginning of this article, you are not prompted to save your user database file.
As a result, the user database file is deleted.

The user database file (UserDB.dat) contains all of the saved information for a
user, such as the user's name and the user's scores.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this issue, back up your user database file before you uninstall
the Encarta Language Learning program. You can later copy this backup file into
another installation of the Encarta Language Learning program.

To back up your user database file to the Microsoft Windows desktop:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type the appropriate line for your Encarta Language Learning
  program, and then click OK

  Encarta Language Learning - French:

  "<drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Language Learning
  French" (without the quotation marks)

  Encarta Language Learning - Spanish:

  "<drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Language Learning
  Spanish" (without the quotation marks)

  where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk on which the Encarta
  Language Learning program is installed.

3. Right-click the UserDB.dat file in the window that appears.

4. Click Copy.

5. Close all open windows on the screen.

6. Right-click an empty area on the Windows desktop.

7. Click Paste.

NOTE: You may want to back up the UserDB.dat file to a location other then the
Windows desktop. Use these steps as a basic guideline when you back up the
UserDB.dat file to an alternate location.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that
are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm ellf ells restore backup delete remove

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbimu 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbEncartaSearch kbHLangSpanish kbHLangFrench
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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