Windows 7 httpd.conf setting saved after un-install

[Robert Waligora <bmw929500@xxxxxxxxx>]

First, I'm a seasoned professionaly and I know (mostly) what I'm doing. That said, I'm experiencing very strange behaviour with Apache 2.2 on Windows 7 machine.

 

I uninstalled Apache because I couldn't get the DocumentRoot directory to work.

I deleted the Apache2.2 directory from my hard drive.

I emptied the trash can.

I rebooted the computer (after all it is windows)

I re-installed the latest version of Apache 2.2.21

I went to the Apache2.2/conf folder and opened the "httpd.conf" file (not sample) in TextPad

The changes that I made to the file before re-installing it were still there.

 

I repeated this process 3 times, I even change the location where I installed Apache with the same results.

 

Can anyone explain the Windows Miracle? Because, really, I would like a clean httpd.conf file so I can start over.

 

Please don't reply to me with your Windows XP advice. Windows 7 is nothing like XP, Vista or 2008 etc... I'm not being a jerk, but the security model in Windows 7 is batty. I also know that this would be solved my installing Linux etc... Wish I could, but that isn't an option (at least not right now).

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