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Problems After Removing Atria Clearcase Software

Article ID: 161876

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006


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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SYMPTOMS

After you have removed Atria's Clearcase version control package, you may receive one of the following error messages when you log on and run certain Windows NT applications:
MPNotify: Cannot find libxdr.dll
-or-
MPNotify: Cannot find libcmd.dll

CAUSE

Certain registry entries remain even after the Atria software has been removed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you must make a modification to the registry.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.
  1. Open the Registry Editor and delete all entries pertaining to Atria or Clearcase under the following two keys:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\App Pat

    -and-
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CurrentVersion\SharedDl
  2. Close the Registry Editor and restart the computer.

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