I downloaded some games for my Nokia today. And installed them. However, I didn’t quite spot that one of them wasn’t for my phone. It installed okay but when I tried to run it, it failed. And then hung. A swift reboot of the phone sorted that.

Unfortunately, when I tried to remove the game is came up with “Removing failed”. Great.

I did a Google search and found that most people had either not found an answer or had been told to do a hard reset, losing all personal data on the phone.

Half way down a forum post, though, a suggestion was made. A suggestion which never got answered. The idea that simply reinstalling the application and then deleting it might resolve it.

And you know what? It does.

Grrr. Sometimes I worry about people.

You download some software from a website. A website dedicated to that software. A website full of forums, useful FAQ’s and an author who is only too willing, for no money, to go that extra mile to help people out with any issues that arise.

So why, when you do have a problem, ask your question elsewhere, on an unrelated forum?

That’s what I keep finding about Copy+ – I’ve come across another example of this tonight, but it’s not the first time.

I’ve also found people on download sites (where Copy+ is available) leaving bad reviews after trying it out, having an issue (or often not) and not even bothering to try and find a solution. Often they don’t even realise it’s for a specific task (backing up Sky+ hard drives) and wonder why when they run it, it doesn’t recognise any hard drives. Doh.

Look, if you’re reading this and have a problem with Copy+, use the contact form on the website, or use the forum (the author will answer to both, usually pretty quickly – when you post to the forum it even sends him an email).

Over the last few days I’ve been making some changes to my WordPress install. Did you notice?

The most obvious, and the last one I implemented, was a post counter. So, yes, right now it looks pretty low but this is starting from scratch – as of about 5:30pm on the 17th July.

I’ve also upgraded my WordPress installation to 2.6. This caused PHP Speedy to break so Leon kindly provided me with a new version. However, I made such a general pigs-ear of the WordPress upgrade that I’ve now also installed an automated upgrader for future. Surely it can’t be any worse than me, can it?

Anyway, WordPress 2.6 brings partial integration with Google Gears – the admin section will cache itself for extra speed. Not quite the offline viewing that Gears is usually used for but it’s a start.