Dylan - OpenDylan Win32 1.0 beta 1 - Uninstaller deletes ALL shortcuts in user's start menu

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OpenDylan Win32 1.0 beta 1 - Uninstaller deletes ALL shortcuts in user's start menu

Heribert Slama

2006-08-01, 6:58 pm

Hi,

FYI:
Just _un_installed Open Dylan 1.0 beta 1 for Win32 using its
installer (clicking on "uninstall" shortcut).

The installer not only _removed_ Dylan's _shortcuts_ and program
group (as it should), but removed _everything_ in my _user_ start
menu including the Autostart folder! :-((( I found that out
immediately, because I checked the installer's detail listing - and
it was quite a shock!

Mercifully, the installer had left the "All Users" menu untouched:->
(where most installed programs have their shortcuts). And,
fortunately, I had a 2-months-old backup of my %userprofile%. So,
I'm back in business again;->

**Maintainers**, please review the Windows installer and fix this.

Regards,

-Heribert

P.S.: Currently I don't have enough time to get acquainted with a
new language (and I'm new to the functional paradigm;-). I just
wanted my 320MB disk space back;-)
--
Heribert Slama
Muttenz, CH
Using Windows 2000 Professional ([de], SP4)

Peter S. Housel

2006-08-01, 9:57 pm

Heribert Slama <slama-h-usenet@spamfence.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> FYI:
> Just _un_installed Open Dylan 1.0 beta 1 for Win32 using its
> installer (clicking on "uninstall" shortcut).
>
> The installer not only _removed_ Dylan's _shortcuts_ and program
> group (as it should), but removed _everything_ in my _user_ start
> menu including the Autostart folder! :-((( I found that out
> immediately, because I checked the installer's detail listing - and
> it was quite a shock!
>
> Mercifully, the installer had left the "All Users" menu untouched:->
> (where most installed programs have their shortcuts). And,
> fortunately, I had a 2-months-old backup of my %userprofile%. So,
> I'm back in business again;->
>
> **Maintainers**, please review the Windows installer and fix this.

Thanks for reporting this, I'll take a look at it. I've also filed a
bug, <http://www.opendylan.org/cgi-bin/bu...bug.cgi?id=7323>.

-Peter-

Heribert Slama

2006-08-02, 6:58 pm

fOn Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:49:31 -0700, housel@cox.net (Peter S.
Housel) wrote:

>Heribert Slama <slama-h-usenet@spamfence.net> writes:
>[......]
>
>Thanks for reporting this, I'll take a look at it. I've also filed a
>bug, <http://www.opendylan.org/cgi-bin/bu...bug.cgi?id=7323>.
>
>-Peter-

Thank you for acting so fast.

Regards,

-Heribert
--
Heribert Slama
Muttenz, CH
Using Windows 2000 Professional ([de], SP4)

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