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29 Nov 2007, 6:53 PM
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Uninstalling zen cart (old test environment)

I previously had two installations of zencart running, one was my current shop one was a test environment for making large changes to the shop. Once I was happy with the test environment I made that the actual shop and re-named the old shop directory to shop_old.

I have been running the new shop for a month now and everything seems fine, so I would like to uninstall the other zencart, trouble is I don't know which one I am now running off, I assume if I delete the wrong one, I will lose the shop. I think I might be running of the "test" zencart install (I have renamed directories, so I can't be sure) Is there any way on knowing which install I am running off so I can delete the other one and free up some space.

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29 Nov 2007, 7:16 PM
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Re: Uninstalling zen cart (old test environment)

The url of the shop should tell you where you're running it from.

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1 Dec 2007, 10:34 AM
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Re: Uninstalling zen cart (old test environment)

The URL could be pointing to a particular directory that is different from what you might think.

Quickest way is to FTP into the site, go to one of the the directories (shop or shop-old) and rename index.php to index.hph. If you shop doesn't come up in the browser, DON'T delete that directory.

Remember to check if you are using different databases. If you're using a different database for each, check the includes/configure.php for the directory you want to delete BEFORE you delete that directory. The configure.php will tell you which database it's using. Finding the right directory....easy. Deleting the wrong database........:eek:

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4 Jan 2008, 8:57 PM
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Re: Uninstalling zen cart (old test environment)

Hello,

... Zen-Cart uninstall consists of manually removing the zen-cart files? Or, is there an "uninstall" option in the admin page?

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4 Jan 2008, 9:12 PM
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Re: Uninstalling zen cart (old test environment)

Just delete the files

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4 Jan 2008, 10:56 PM
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Re: Uninstalling zen cart (old test environment)

Thank you!