172212 - mfcembed uninstaller not completely removing directories/files

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: MFCEmbed, defect)

Description

[Charles Rosendahl]

The Uninstall, chrome, and components directories still contain subfolders
and/or files after running uninstall\MfcEmbedUninstall.exe

Comment 1

[Gábor Lipták]

Here is a list of files left after uninstall on my machine:

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla

09/24/2002  11:25 AM    <DIR>          .
09/24/2002  11:25 AM    <DIR>          ..
09/24/2002  11:28 AM    <DIR>          Plugins
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          components
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          chrome
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\Plugins

09/24/2002  11:28 AM    <DIR>          .
09/24/2002  11:28 AM    <DIR>          ..
08/29/2002  02:10 AM            61,548 NPJava11.dll
08/29/2002  02:10 AM            61,548 NPJava12.dll
08/29/2002  02:10 AM            61,548 NPJava13.dll
08/29/2002  02:10 AM            61,548 NPJava32.dll
08/29/2002  02:10 AM            61,545 NPJPI141.dll
08/29/2002  02:10 AM            61,549 NPOJI610.dll
               6 File(s)        369,286 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\components

09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          .
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM           147,356 compreg.dat
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          Netscape
               1 File(s)        147,356 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\components\Netscape

09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          .
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          ..
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          MozillaTrunk
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\components\Netscape\MozillaTrunk

09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          .
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          ..
09/28/2002  08:49 PM             4,171 manifest.ini
10/03/2002  07:50 PM               728 permdata.box
10/03/2002  07:50 PM               335 Talkback.ini
               3 File(s)          5,234 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\chrome

09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          .
09/24/2002  11:29 AM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          overlayinfo
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\chrome\overlayinfo

10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          cookie
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          inspector
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\chrome\overlayinfo\cookie

10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          content
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\chrome\overlayinfo\cookie\content

10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM               491 overlays.rdf
               1 File(s)            491 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\chrome\overlayinfo\inspector

10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          content
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of c:\Program
Files\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\chrome\overlayinfo\inspector\content

10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          .
10/04/2002  04:54 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/04/2002  04:54 PM             1,006 overlays.rdf
               1 File(s)          1,006 bytes

Comment 2

[David G King]

Not all of these should be deleted. I wouldn't want to reinstall all my plugin's
if the Uninstaller deletes my Plugins directory.

I know you didn't mention that directory, but I wanted to make that clear.

Hmm, thinking about it, I wouldn't want to reinstall all my custom chromes either.

A question, are you just talking about embedded, or Mozilla in all its glory?

Comment 3

[timeless]

overlayinfo is discardable and will be regenerated as long as the chrome files
are newer than the overlayinfo directory. i.e. it should be removed.

As for talkback and plugins, I'd prefer to keep them around. We could give the
user the option to delete them.

Comment 4

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

Time out.  Based on the component, I believe this bug for the installer for the
MfcEmbed which runs on top of GRE.  This doesn't have anything to do with
installing under mozilla.org\Mozilla (at least not by default).  There is
another bug for that:  http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113593
Bug 113593 - uninstall doesn't remove all files.

This bug should be talking about things installed under mozilla.org\MfcEmbed
(although I think the default may currently incorrectly be Mozilla\MfcEmbed--it
is yet young).

Comment 5

[Charles Rosendahl]

Correct - this bug is related to the mfcembeduninstall.exe for the mfcembed app
running on top of the GRE.  It is not related to uninstalling mozilla.

Comment 6

[Charles Rosendahl]

assuming sean is responsible for these as well since curt is no longer with us.

Comment 7

[Charles Rosendahl]

Wont fix, the files are left behind intentionally.  Users may delete them at
their discretion if they choose never to reinstall or install to another location.

Comment 8

[Charles Rosendahl]

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