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eclipse not showing up in my ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS on winxp [message #662526]

Wed, 30 March 2011 22:49

dsdsdsdsd

Messages: 7
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

hello;

I have noticed that there is not an entry for eclipse in my add/remove programs.

I'm confused: how does eclipse run on my OS? it apparently has access to my hard drive b/c it can create files/directories, which I thought was only possible if a piece of software was installed into the OS. but according to various articles eclipse is not. the articles did not describe how eclipse works though.

thanks,
Shannon

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Re: eclipse not showing up in my ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS on winxp [message #662532 is a reply to message #662526]

Wed, 30 March 2011 23:36

Ed Merks

Messages: 33142
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Shannon,

Eclipse doesn't install anything into registries or the like. It only
unzips into a folder and then you run it directly from that folder. You
can delete the folder in which you've installed it to get rid of it.

dsdsdsdsd wrote:
> hello;
>
> I have noticed that there is not an entry for eclipse in my add/remove
> programs.
>
> I'm confused: how does eclipse run on my OS? it apparently has access
> to my hard drive b/c it can create files/directories, which I thought
> was only possible if a piece of software was installed into the OS.
> but according to various articles eclipse is not. the articles did not
> describe how eclipse works though.
>
> thanks,
> Shannon

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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Re: eclipse not showing up in my ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS on winxp [message #662572 is a reply to message #662532]

Thu, 31 March 2011 07:47

dsdsdsdsd

Messages: 7
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

I guess I don't understand how a non-registered 'software' can interact with my OS ( eclipse can create folders on my machine, for example ).

I've never had a software that isn't installed.

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Re: eclipse not showing up in my ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS on winxp [message #662705 is a reply to message #662572]

Thu, 31 March 2011 15:47

Ed Merks

Messages: 33142
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You simply copy an executable file onto your machine and can then
execute it.

dsdsdsdsd wrote:
> I guess I don't understand how a non-registered 'software' can
> interact with my OS ( eclipse can create folders on my machine, for
> example ).
>
> I've never had a software that isn't installed.

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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