QuickTest Pro

We all know that “analog” is widely considered a dirty word when it comes to QTP scripting. It is very sensitive to changes in the environment in which the script is executed, such as objects that were moved in the window, changes to screen resolution or changes to window size & position. We can’t do much when it comes to the first problem, but there is a simple trick that should eliminate the problems caused by changes to the window size and position, and in some cases screen resolution;

I came across this problem while installing QTP 9.5 earlier this week which caused a fair amount of frustration. The clients had QTP 9.0 installed on their laptops. I uninstalled 9.0, restarted and attempted the installation of 9.5. The first laptop went through fine but on the second one I was shown a message saying "Uninstall was not completed. Please restart the computer before installing QuickTest 9.5".