346340 - Uninstaller leaves behind files [Firefox]

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[Jackie Liu]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060719 Firefox/1.5.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.5) Gecko/20060719 Firefox/1.5.0.5

This has been a problem for a long time, for many versions.  The uninstaller from many Mozilla programs (Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird...) leaves behind files from the installation.  I would like to see future uninstallers:
(a) remove the program folder and all it's subfolders in "Program Files"
(b) give the user the option to keep or remove the profile folder(s)

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

I believe the removal of profiles was wontfix in another bug.

All files added by the installer are removed with the new installer used for 2.0. There are a couple of directories still left behind that I will be trying to fix.

Comment 2

[Simon Bünzli]

Indeed: the optional removal of profile directories was WONTFIXed in bug 234680, I'm afraid.

Comment 3

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> There are a couple of directories still left behind that I will
> be trying to fix.

Robert, would that be an application specific issue or a common installer issue? There are identical bugs files for Thunderbird and Sunbird: Bug 346341, Bug 346342.

Comment 4

[Jackie Liu]

Yes, I purposefully reported in all three programs. It happens in every Mozilla installer I know (and also many other installers, at that :)

Comment 5

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

For the NSIS installer leaving behind a couple of directories I filed bug 346351. I'm leaving this open since this bug was filed for 1.5.0.5.

Comment 7

[Majken Connor [:Kensie]]

adding product to the summary since comment 0s are identical

Comment 8

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+1]]

Robert, because we don't support Firefox 1.5 anymore I think this bug should be resolved as WONTFIX?

Comment 9

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Henrik, in a similar bug mkaply requested that I not resolve it. I'm fine either way so I'm going to let the decision be made by him.

Comment 10

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

This doesn't affect the NSIS installer which has been in use since Firefox 2.0.

Resolving -> WONTFIX as it applies to fixing this bug for Firefox 1.5 since that is what this bug is about.