OS/2 Warp4 Installation: Disabling the Elephant (ARTCHRON)

By Al Savage



Method One: Brute Force
Rename x:\OS2\ART\ARTCHRON.EXE to ARTCHRON.EX_

Method Two: Elegant
Open the "OS2 System" folder, open the "Drives" folder, open the OS/2 boot drive, navigate to \OS2\INSTALL\Installed Features\Install Object - Inventory\ART - Inventory"



Dbl-click on "ART - Inventory" A dialogue box comes up.



Select the box next to "ART- Inventory",

Select the "Uninstall" button. Another dialogue box comes up.



Important! Select the "ART- Inventory" line first,!

Select the "Uninstall" button.

A progress dialogue will appear,

Then a dialogue affirming that "Uninstallation Scheduled after Restart..."



This will uninstall the entire "art" directory and all components relating to registration.

[Source: Seth McFarland  (edited by ALS). Thanks, TC Carr, for forwarding this tip]