Closed Bug 172212 Opened 23 years ago Closed 22 years ago

mfcembed uninstaller not completely removing directories/files

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: MFCEmbed, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: MFCEmbed
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: carosendahl, Assigned: ssu0262)

Details

The Uninstall, chrome, and components directories still contain subfolders and/or files after running uninstall\MfcEmbedUninstall.exe
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
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
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?
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.
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).
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.
assuming sean is responsible for these as well since curt is no longer with us.
Assignee: curt → ssu
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
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.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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