[Bug 48597] New: wine uninstaller does not update list of installed apps after using the "Install" button

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48597

Bug ID: 48597
           Summary: wine uninstaller does not update list of installed
                    apps after using the "Install" button
           Product: Wine
           Version: 5.1
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: programs
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 66433
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=66433
screenshot of uninstaller to demonstrate the issue

For clarification see attachement

The wine uninstaller offers to uninstall and install Windows apps. An
uninstallation can be initiated by the button "Change/Remove" (in German
"Ändern/Entfernen"). The list of installed apps is immediately updated and the
removed app does not show up in the list any longer.

But when installing an app through the button "Install.." (in German
"Installieren")- see attachment - the Windows app successfully installs but the
list is not updated immediately and the newly installed app does not show up.
Only after closing the uninstaller program and re-launching the uninstaller
program again, the new app shows up in the list of the installed apps. This is
inconsistent compared to removing an app and confusing.

In particular a native user who is not an expert may be very confused because
he/she does not immediately sees his/her newly installed app. He may try again
which may create real issues.

[Bug 48597] wine uninstaller does not update list of installed apps after using the "Install" button

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48597

--- Comment #1 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
When installing applet simply executes whatever was selected in open dialog,
and does not wait for anything, nor does it update the list. Uninstalling is
blocking, and after process terminates list is always updated.

I'm not sure how important this is, i.e. how many people actually use this
dialog to install things. We could probably respond to registry change
notifications, or something like that, and unblock UI in both cases.

[Bug 48597] wine uninstaller does not update list of installed apps after using the "Install" button

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48597

Reinhold  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 OS|Linux                       |Mac OS X

--- Comment #2 from Reinhold  ---
Thx for the immediate response.

I agree that an installation this way is unusual for Linux because for Linux
the file association for msi files is properly set and by clicking in the Data
Manager to an msi file the Wine installer starts.

But we use it for MAC OS X. We have found that file association in the Mac
Finder is always an issue. If file association in the Mac Finder is not
correctly set for whatever reasons, a typical Mac user gives up and says "does
not work".

We have identified that this uninstaller program with this Install button is
the best way for a typical Mac user to install a Windows msi file for Wine on a
Mac. 
After hitting the Install button the default folder setting shows the user's
home directory. The only task a Mac user needs to do is to navigate to the
Downloads folder and ONLY the msi or other Windows files are presented. A Mac
user is very familiar with this process.