I recently installed MC version 17.0.182 on Windows 7 SP1 32-bit. Works very nicely - I'm still learning some of the ins and outs, but overall, I really like the software and how it functions. Once I get this all sorted out, I plan to buy it...
However, during my initial install, I accidentally put it in a less than ideal folder. I played with it for about a day anyway, and then decided I had better reinstall in a better location on disc. No big deal. So I uninstalled, and then reinstalled to a better directory. Immediately thereafter, I noticed all kinds of issues with other software on the system. Stupidly I hadn't done a recent full backup before installing MC (I primarily backup data files, not the installations). That said, I have run a system restore to back track to before I installed MC and that has resolved the most critical issues (eg I can now access my email, which allowed me access to this forum), but many applications are still "missing" files... eg MS Office thinks it needs to reinstall, many programs have lost icons (or more likely paths to them), and many do not function properly - probably common dlls were removed (or paths lost) during the uninstall.
So I guess my question is for the technical staff at J River: have you tried the uninstall of this version on Windows 7 32 bit, and checked for collateral damage to other apps? was all fine? do you have any thoughts as to what might have gone awry or suggestions to correct it? I was kind of surprised that I had these problems after a reinstall - ie, I can see paths/dlls deleted in an uninstall, but I would have thought the reinstall would have reinstated them... no? Is there a newer version than 17.0.182 that addresses this? (I downloaded it about 3 days ago.
In principle, I can do a clean reinstall of the entire machine, but I'd rather not if it's something that might be salvageable. If not, hopefully this will at least be helpful at your end to debug, and perhaps as a note of caution to others to do a full system backup before installing.
thanks!