Why do we show a dialog if there are no uninstall entries found in the
registry? Windows does not do that, and I think we shouldn't either.
However, on that same note, I think we should, since this uninstaller
is not designed to mimic Windows' Add/Remove Programs, catch when a
program's
Hi Tom,
I've watched your discussions for a while and have been meaning to
comment but have been super busy. The uninstaller was one of the first
things I looked at when getting in to wine development and it confused
me to no end due to a bug that only showed up when running it under
windows.
On 25.04.2007 19:58, Steven Edwards wrote:
Why do we show a dialog if there are no uninstall entries found in the
registry? Windows does not do that, and I think we shouldn't either.
I agree.
So a user starts the uninstall app but doesn't see a dialog... and
probably thinks it's a bug. On
On 4/25/07, Steven Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Tom,
I've watched your discussions for a while and have been meaning to
comment but have been super busy. The uninstaller was one of the first
things I looked at when getting in to wine development and it confused
me to no end due to a bug
On 4/25/07, Frank Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So a user starts the uninstall app but doesn't see a dialog... and
probably thinks it's a bug. On the other hand, just showing a dialog
with an empty list makes it clear that there's nothing to uninstall and
will probably not produce false bug
On 4/25/07, Tom Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I assume, then, that you have since fixed it? If not, I'd like to take a stab.
Someone fixed it a while back. I don't know what the cause of the
original bug was. When your done with your testing if you don't mind
and have MSVC or a mingw
Tom Spear wrote:
However, on that same note, I think we should, since this uninstaller
is not designed to mimic Windows' Add/Remove Programs, catch when a
program's uninstaller does not remove it's uninstall entry from the
registry, after the process exits, and go ahead and remove the entry.
On 4/25/07, Robert Shearman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What happens if you cancel the uninstall? Won't the uninstaller remove
the entry with the program still installed?
That is true too. I was originally thinking along the lines of
checking the exit status of the uninstaller, but whether it is
