What exactly does installing Powder Toy

  • Ster0pes
    7th September Member 0 Permalink

    I downloaded the ZIP from the website, extracted it and ran the executable. Then it asks me if I want to install the program so I get a few extra options.

    But what exactly does this install do?

    As far as I know, it

    * adds 2 file type associations (.cps and .stm)

    * adds a config file (%APPDATA%\The Powder Toy\powder.pref)

     

    Is this all it does?

    Is there also a proper way to uninstall Powder Toy, other than doing it manually?

  • LBPHacker
    7th September Developer 0 Permalink
    This is the installation routine for Windows. It adds two file associations, registers the ptsave: protocol so URLs on this website can open online saves (like below), and it adds a shortcut to "programs", i.e. normally the start menu, but who knows at this point with modern Windows...



    powder.pref is not part of the installation routine; it's written to the working directory whenever some setting changes.

    There's no proper way to uninstall TPT.
    Edited once by LBPHacker. Last: 7th September
  • Ster0pes
    8th September Member 0 Permalink

    Thanks for your quick reply.

    Too bad there isn't an uninstall feature - that would be a nice addition IMHO.

    I can confirm that the shortcut still works in Windows 11; it's (still) added to the Start menu.

  • KyleTheCreator
    8th September Member 0 Permalink

    @LBPHacker (View Post)

     this makes me say "There is no back after tpt" lol

  • dafer11
    7:52:38 Member 0 Permalink

    @LBPHacker (View Post)

     You can store settings in userdata, and to uninstall (of course, while keeping stamps and other data somewhere on the server), you can simply use regedit to delete keys with file associations, and then just delete Powder as a folder along with all its shortcuts.

  • LBPHacker
    7:56:14 Developer 0 Permalink
    That is not "proper", for the purposes of this question.