Upgrading to FrontPage 97

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The following are answers to common questions in the Microsoft FrontPage Client Newsgroup:

Backup your system!
Run the FrontPage Server Administrator (in \Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage), and click on the "Uninstall" button to uninstall the server extensions.
Reboot your system.
Run the FrontPage 97 installation (personally, I skipped using MS PWS).

Backup your system!
Run the FrontPage Server Administrator (in \Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage), and click on the "Uninstall" button to uninstall the server extensions.
Uninstall FrontPage 97 Beta using the My Computer, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
Reboot the system to make sure no FP DLL's were in use.
Erase FP*.* from C:\WINDOWS and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
NOTE: Please do a dir on FP*.* first to make sure you know what you are deleting ;-) The files should be mostly prefixed with FP20.
Make sure to remove (if it was not done in the installation) your Server\Conf directory (usually located in FrontPage Webs\Server\Conf).
Erase the FrontPage Program Folder (most likely in Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage.
Run RegClean or some time of Registry Orphan Checker (I use the one in Remove It for Windows 95 most often than not).
Check http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q147/7/69.htm for the latest release of RegClean.
Reboot the system.
Check if you have Frontpg.ini in your C:\WINDOWS directory; if you do have it, delete it. Same with FPExplor.ini in C:\WINDOWS.
Place your FrontPage 1.1 diskette #1 in your floppy drive (I found out the hard way you don't have to reinstall the whole thing).
Run the FrontPage 97 installation (personally, I skipped using MS PWS).
When the hard drive location fails to find your FrontPage 1.1 installed, use "Locate" to tell it your floppy drive, and you can continue from there.