295271 - Installer should uninstall old versions when installing to a different directory

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050523 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050523 Firefox/1.0+

If you install firefox a second time to a location different from the first,
then the files in the first location are left with no way to uninstall them.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have firefox installed to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
2. Install Firefox again to C:\Program Files\Firefox
3. Uninstall Firefox.

Actual Results:  
The files in Mozilla Firefox remain and there is no longer an add/remove entry
for firefox so the only way to get rid of them is to delete them manually.

Expected Results:  
Uninstalled the old files, or preferably asked with the options to leave the
files there, change install directory to match or delete the files.

Comment 1

[Andrew White]

This is simple courtesy in software - You shouldn't let it go longwithout 
fixingit.  

Comment 2

[Benjamin Smedberg]

This bug as filed is WONTFIX: we do want to allow multiple installs of Firefox,
even the same version. The real bug is that both installations don't appear in
the add/remove programs window. Morph this bug or WONTFIX it, please.

Comment 3

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Wontfixing. The other scenario is a whole different kettle of fish.