WordStar Emulator
To uninstal the WordStar Command Emulator you need to delete the wordstar.dot or (WStar14.dot) file from your Word STARTUP folder. The next time you start Word the WordStar Command Emulator won''t be loaded. You can also temporarily turn off the WordStar Command Emulator.
Un-installation from Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016
To un-install the WordStar Command Emulator:
- In Word Click the large round Office button at the top left of the windows (Word 2007) or the File tab (Word 2010 and 2013), then click Options.
- In Word Options, click Advanced.
- Scroll to the General section (near the bottom of the page), then click the File Locations button.
- In the File Locations window, under File types, click Startup, and then click Modify to display the full path in a folder selector window.
For Windows 7 and 10
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Click the folder icon at the left end of the Address bar to expand the full path (by default a clickable "breadcrumb" path is shown for the last few folders in the path - the actual number of folders displayed depends on the width of the window).
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Either write down this path, or use your mouse to select it all, and then right-click on it and select Copy.
For all other Windows versions
- Click the arrow at the right-hand end of the Look in box. The box should be showing STARTUP.
- Note down all of the folders from C up to and including the folder named STARTUP.
- Using Windows Explorer, browse to the STARTUP folder you noted above (If you copied the path you can paste it into the Windows Explorer Address bar to save the typing).
- In the STARTUP folder, right-click on the wordstar.dot file, and then select Delete from the pop-up menu.
- Close Windows Explorer.
Note: This will not remove your user details from the Windows Registry (username and serial number)
The function to turn On or Off the WordStar Command Emulator needs to be in a separate program because if it wasn't, when you turned the Emulator off, the buttons to control these functions would disappear! How to set this up is described in Turn the WordStar Command Emulator On & Off.
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If you have version 1.0, you can copy the registered version over the evaluation version's files, most of which have the same names to make this work. However, to aid version identification, Version 1.1 onwards are distributed with the name WStarxx, where xx equals the version.
You have several choices. You can delete the evaluation version, dissable it from the Utilities, Templates and Add-Ins... (Tools, Templates and Add-Ins... if the WordStar Command Emulator isn't running), or, you can rename the later version to WordStar.dot.
More detailed installation instructions for available for Word 97, 2000, 2003, XP, and for Word 2007 and later.
Description
If you have entered the "User Name" and "Serial Number" as instructed in the registration details email that is sent out when you buy the full version of the WordStar Command Emulator the program's splash screen says "Thank you for registering". Then after you exit Word, then reopen it later, and it says "Unregistered" again.
Not running as an add-in
You are probably not running the program as an Add-In by installing it in your Word Startup folder as directed, but are running it by double-clicking on its icon from within Explorer, or similar.
This problem is due to Word not being very good at running its initialisation routines in macro programs. You basically have two options:
- Install it as suggested, in the Word Startup folder (remember you can switch the WordStar Command Emulator off should you not want to use it).
- If the suggestion above hasn't worked, check that the Windows Registration database contains your registered user details, as explained below.
Installed as an add-in
If you have checked the installation and still have the same problem you can check your registered user details stored in the Windows Registry
- To open RegEdit click Start, then click Run, then in the Open box type regedit.exe, and then click OK.
- Once RegEdit has opened, double-click on the following items to open them (use RegEdit as you would use Windows Explorer to navigate to the correct place): HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then Software, then Petrie, then WordSTAR, then 1.0, and then UserInfo.
- Then check that the entries for Name and SN exist in the left-hand window and that their values are correct in the right-hand window.
If either of the 'keys' are incorrectly named
The key may be called @, which represents the value "default", right-click on the incorrectly named key in the right-hand window and select Rename and type the correct name of either Name or SN.
If either of the 'keys' are missing
Ensure the UserInfo key is selected and then right-click in the right-hand window and select New, then String Value. You should be able to type the name of the missing key (Name or SN) directly, but if you've deselected it, right-click on the newly created value in the right-hand window and select Rename and type the name of the missing key.
If the key names are correct, but either your name or your serial number are inorrect
Double-click the entry in the right-hand window and fill in the details supplied with the registration acknowledgement email.
Close RegEdit and all should be OK.
Registry patch files
If you're not confident enough to use RegEdit you can download a registry patch file template that will automate most of this for you. There are different versions for the various versions of Microsoft Windows and you need to make sure you download the correct one (no damage will occur from using the wrong version, but the data won't get imported).
Download the patch file for Windows 9x & NT4 or for Windows 2000 & XP. Save this file to your hard disk, then right-click on it and select Edit from the pop-up menu (this will open the file in NotePad). Fill in your user name and serial number at the end of the file - ensuring that these are both enclosed in double-quote marks, examples are given below.
You can also create the file yourself using NotePad or any other text editor - including WordStar used in Non-Document mode! The file needs to be saved with a .reg file extension.
Save the edited file and copy it to your backup floppy just in case you ever need it again. Then, double-click the file and when asked if your sure you want to add the information to the registry, Click Yes.
Example registry patch files:
Windows 9x & NT4
REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie\WordSTAR] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie\WordSTAR\1.0] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie\WordSTAR\1.0\UserInfo] "Name"="A User" "SN"="12345678"
Windows 2000 & XP
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie\WordSTAR] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie\WordSTAR\1.0] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Petrie\WordSTAR\1.0\UserInfo] "Name"="A User" "SN"="12345678"
I recommend that you use WinZip, but you can use any archive program that supports the standard Zip file format, including the oroginal DOS program pkzip, or the built-in compressed folder support in recent versions of Microsoft Windows.
You''ll find many of these utilities by searching a site like ZDNet.
If you want to use WinZip, you can get it from www.winzip.com
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