Re: Dead Administration Tools...

Xavier Flimon wrote: > > Hi all, > > Configuration : Informix OnLine (bundle with Netscape Enterprise > server package). > > After some 'hazardous user/login & password manipulations', I now have > a problem when launching the Administration Tools. > For instance, when I launch the Database Explorer and I put my login & > password to access one of the databases, I get an error message > ('sqlinfmix.dll error - 406 memory allocation failed'). The same thing > happen with the SQL Editor. The only one I can launch is the Space > explorer.... > > With dbAccess in the command line utilities, I have no problems at > all, I can access what I want and the way I want, so it's not a > database problem... > > I removed the administration tools and reinstall them but the result > is the same. If I launch the Admin tools from an other computer, it > works fine. > > It seems like the remove operation of the admin tools doesn't do the > job properly. How can I eradicate all the files that are used by the > admin tools (without reformatting the all stuff !!!!) ? > > Anybody had the same thing ?? > > xavier > flimon@reflexe.fr I don't know anything about the specifics here but, guessing not entirely wildly, I would say you should look in the Windows registry with the REGEDIT program. It has a find function you can use to look for the Informix stuff. Some "uninstalls" of Windows software leave junk in the registry. I strongly recommend that you back up your registry before touching it. Anyone else know more than I do (not difficult on this one)? -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk --- My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/