Closed Bug 16350 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Installer should remember last install location

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, defect, P4)

x86
Windows NT
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: phil, Assigned: ssu0262)

Details

I think in 4.x when you run the installer, it knows where on the disk you last
installed Communicator, and pre-fills that as the file location for the current
install. mozilla seems not to do that, and it would save me some typing (over
and over again) if it did.
Assignee: cathleen → ssu
Target Milestone: M12
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Moving non-dogfood bugs to M13
Bulk move of XPInstall (component to be deleted) bugs to Installer: XPInstall
Engine
Blocks: 22176
fixed
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Build 2000-01-03-09-M13(WIN)

It bloody works!
This bug seems to be back using 2000-06-02-08 commercial build on NT. Reopening.
Status: VERIFIED → REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
I can only reproduce this if I remove the last installation- if I keep it- it 
shows me that path and prompts me to delete.  If I remove it, it defaults to 
C:\Program Files\Netscape
Makes sense -- I usually do delete the previous build
No longer blocks: 22176
Sean, 
Isn't this fixed?
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Priority: P3 → P4
Resetting target field for missed milestones
Target Milestone: M13 → ---
Severity: normal → enhancement
Summary: Installer should remember last install location → Remember last install location even if uninstalled
Updating summary to reduce confusion. In the normal case we *do* remember where
we installed last, but if it has been uninstalled the registry entry with that
info has also been uninstalled.

It's a trade off between this feature and really cleaning up after ourselves. I
suspect more people would rather have the uninstaller get rid of the registry
entries.
Dan, does that mean the installer choice to delete the previous install actually
runs the uninstaller? If so, can't we just pick up the previous install location
before the uninstaller wipes it out?
Phil, the choice to delete the previous version does not run the uninstaller.

I think what the new summary states is that the installer should still remember
where the last installation of Mozilla was, even if the user had ran the
uninstaller already.
Ok, then I just want to point out that the bug is morphing. I originally filed
the bug on needing to re-enter the custom install location every time, after
choosing delete previous install. I wasn't talking about uninstall when I filed
the bug.
The original description was something like (summarized) "install to custom 
location. Next day start install again, should default to same location but 
doesn't".

If that's what you want, we think that works (and currently you will be 
prompted to delete the version we found at that location). Unless in between 
you have uninstalled, in which case we can't default to the location of the 
currently installed version because there isn't one anymore.

So, has the original problem regressed, or should we leave this open for the 
enhancement of remembering the custom location even though you've uninstalled?
Since this bug is so old, it seems more likely that the initial problem has been
fixed along the way, rather than that it has regressed.

I just wanted to point out that this bug seemed to be morphing, especially since
the install-after-uninstall problem doesn't seem very important to me.

If this bug were assigned to me, I'd mark it worksforme and wait for a
compelling reason to solve the install-after-uninstall problem.
Changing summary back to describe Phil's original complaint, marking WORKSFORME 
per discussion. Sorry for the confusion, all!
Severity: enhancement → normal
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago24 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Summary: Remember last install location even if uninstalled → Installer should remember last install location
Marking Verified.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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