Spider wrote:
> 
> Hello group.
> I am aware of the problem, and of HOW it came to be.
> But I am not familiar with any way of getting RID of it..
> 
> I am using Netscape 4.5 as a newsreader, and web-browser..
> I know that the error ocurred when I had installed JDK 1.2 that included the JAVA
1.2
> plugin.
> It then messed up the settings, and all my messages was shown as Binary.
> So, to get rid of this, I set the view-> character set to user-defined, since that
was the
> thing that worked and showed my mail.
> 
> Then, I uninstalled JDK, and the plugin, but I haven't been able to _save_ any
settings
> since.
> The character set always returns to user defined, whatever I do.
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this mess for me ???
> I haven't opened the registry yet, since it is generally a mess to find all
occurances
> there..
> 
> All help appreciated, and once more, I do not wish to cause any trouble for you out
there.
> 
> In need of help,
> //Spider

Netscape has a nasty habit of hiding it's utility reference
files all over the place. You might try finding the file
called prefs.js (ithink it's js ?)and either rename it or
delete it. This will force you to reconfigure everthing
again the first time you start the program. Then again
that part of the information my no be stored in the
particular file. If you really want to get rid of pesky
Netscape bugs check the dates of every file in the
subdirectorys. If they have todays date then you know
the program has been writing to it. Bite the bullet
and delete them all. You will have to resubscribe to all
of your newsgroups, lose stored email access files, lose
your browsers history file, and a probably a dozen other
unknow consiquences but I feel this will have a good chance
of correcting you current problem without having to muck
around in the registry file.

Either that or just use the dos command deltree and reinstall :)

-- 
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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