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57697 2002-06-27 06:11:00 Just for the record chaps, NEVER download or install anything called Cyd_Gif studio or similar.

When you remove it, it deleted the folder above which it is installed.

For example, if you install it into C:/Program Files/Cyd_Gif, you can kiss goodbye to program files, as I did...

Not cool, imagine if you installed it in c:/windows/Cyd_gif!

Just take a second and think about all the things in your program files folder, what would you do if you lost them all?

Beware of this program...

:)

Erin
Erin Salmon (626)
57698 2002-06-27 07:09:00 Thanks for that advice what was it anyway i use Roxia goback so i can avoid all those sort of problems with a dicey installation plus i read up onm the software from epinions etc before even bothering with such software. kiwibeat (304)
57699 2002-06-27 07:17:00 What is Cid_Gif Erin?

Sounds a bit like Cid Vicious that well known Puke Rocker
dot_com (558)
57700 2002-06-28 05:04:00 Hi,

Cyd_Gif was a program I downloaded under the misguided impression it would allow me to convert .bmp to .jpg. It was pretty useless, so I uninstalled it, and it took 6GB of my other program files with it...

Not cool...

Erin
Erin Salmon (626)
57701 2002-06-28 06:29:00 Ummmmmm Erin......

Why would you want to use something unknown (read: dangerous) anyway, when Windows Paint will do that, as will Irfanview and probably acdc or whatever it's called? ?:| ?:|

I know it's a bit late to say this now but heck! there were simple options available that could have spared you grief. Next suggestion: Ghost, for those times when you wish you could turn the clock back.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
57702 2002-07-06 06:51:00 Powerdesk and ACDSEE do bmps to jpgs etc easy as . kiwibeat (304)
57703 2002-07-06 12:13:00 Hi,

There were a variety of other things I wanted to be able to do also, which paint and Irfanview couldn't do.

I've got Adobe Photoshop now, so I don't need it anymore, but it didn't appreciate being removed...

:)

Erin
Erin Salmon (626)
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