To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=114832 Issue #|114832 Summary|Uninstall removes core windows files Component|Installation Version|OOo 3.0 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows 2000 Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P2 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|of Reported by|dave_phx
------- Additional comments from dave_...@openoffice.org Wed Sep 29 15:52:59 +0000 2010 ------- On my windows 2000 PC, I needed to uninstall various applications. One of these was OO.o 3, so I ran the uninstall program and all seemed well. The uninstall program also uninstalled some components of the MS C++ 9 redistributable package, namely msvcp90.dll and msvcr90.dll, from the system32 folder. These dll's are also used by other programs and should _not_ be removed - in this case, it stopped my Avast anti-virus from loading! I reinstalled OO.o and it put the files back, on uninstalling, it removed them again! I can confirm that this is also the case on some installations of Windows XP. While the workaround is reinstalling the MS C++ redistributable, the effect is not noticed until trying to run a program (Avast for example) that requires it, and therefore appears to the user that they have a possible virus on their system! This can cause a lot of error checking and searching for other installed software support. I believe it should be fixed with some urgency! I am sending this issue to the Avast! support team so that they are aware of it! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@installation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@installation.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org