Clean Install - When to move the folders back

[hariseldon1]

In the very excellent Installation guide for Shareaza, there is a section "Clean Install" where one is able to move the Downloads and Incomplete folders to a safe place before deleting Shareaza (except these folders) from the computer, then after doing a clean install of the new version of Shareaza one is able to move those two folders back. Here is the section referred to:

Move the Downloads and Incomplete folders to a new folder. (Cut and paste)
* Uninstall Shareaza.
* Delete the Shareaza install folder and delete the hidden folder in
C:\Documents and Settings\*yourusername*\Local Settings\Application
Data\Shareaza
( %appdata%\Shareaza )
* Delete all Shareaza settings that might still be inside the registry of your computer
START >> Run >> type “regedit” (without the “”s)
Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Shareaza
and delete everything you can find inside this tree folder.
DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING ELSE. THIS MIGHT CAUSE BIG
PROBLEMS.
* Use a registry cleaner such as CCleaner to get rid of registry junk that might still be
there.
* Reboot
* Download Shareaza and install it.
* Start Shareaza and run the wizard as normal. Use the install guide provided in the
section above.
* Move the Downloads and Incomplete folders back to the respective locations that
have been set in the Shareaza settings.
* Restart Shareaza.

Source: Originally written by seli (Shareaza forums); edited by OldDeath

“Why should I do a clean install?”
A clean install makes sense in two scenarios: Either your Shareaza crashes at startup/ nothing
works anymore (e.g. no downloads, no connection to the networks etc.) or if there are suddenly
problems after upgrading that might be caused by settings and data files remaining from the old
version that don’t work correctly with the new version.

Where it says to "Move the Downloads and Incomplete folders back...", Shareaza is still open. Should one move those folders back while Shareaza is still open, or should Shareaza be closed first? Does it matter which way it is done?

Hari

[old_death]

It is better if Shareaza is closed while moving back the files.

[hariseldon1]

Then to make clear (especially for users doing a "Clean Install" for the first time), you would say "Close Shareaza" between

* Start Shareaza and run the wizard as normal. Use the install guide provided in the
section above.

and

* Move the Downloads and Incomplete folders back to the respective locations that
have been set in the Shareaza settings.

I'm about to do it, so thanks for clearing that up.

Hari