Detect and Repair

The user use the Package → Detect and Repair function to check the Personal Communications product integrity. The Detect and Repair operation performs a check on the installed Personal Communications files to determine whether the installation has been damaged. A subsequent repair is performed, if necessary.
Note:
The user must stop all active sessions or SNA nodes before starting the Detect and Repair function.

Check Restore my shortcuts if the user want original shortcuts restored. If the user have modified shortcuts since the original Personal Communications installation, the user might want to keep shortcuts intact—in that case, do not choose this option.

In order to use the Detect and Repair function, the user must be authorized in the System Policy. The user might be prompted to provide the original Personal Communications installation source.

Personal Communications Detect and Repair is invoked from the Session Manager or from an emulator session window. Windows Installer repair of the Personal Communications product is invoked from the Windows® Add/Remove Programs function. Note the following differences in the operations.

Personal Communications Detect and Repair performs the following operations:
  • Reinstalls a file if it is missing or corrupt, or if it is an older version.
  • Rewrites all registry settings for the application in the LOCAL_MACHINE section of the registry.
  • Rewrites all registry settings for the application in the CURRENT_USER section of the registry.
  • Reinstalls all shortcuts (optional).
Alternatively, Windows Installer performs the following operations:
  • Reinstalls a file if it is missing, or if it is an older version. Windows Installer does not check files for corruption.
  • Rewrites all registry settings for the application in the LOCAL_MACHINE section of the registry.
  • Rewrites all registry settings for the application in the CURRENT_USER section of the registry.
  • Reinstalls all shortcuts. This function is not optional in Windows Installer.