On 25.04.2007 19:58, Steven Edwards wrote:
Why do we show a dialog if there are no uninstall entries found in the registry? Windows does not do that, and I think we shouldn't either.
I agree.
So a user starts the uninstall app but doesn't see a dialog... and probably thinks it's a bug. On the other hand, just showing a dialog with an empty list makes it clear that there's nothing to uninstall and will probably not produce false bug reports.
I just worry we will get in to a situation where the uninstall partly worked and uninstall.exe goes ahead, removes the entry and then the user is left with old files floating around. Better to leave the entry and then the next time they try to run it, prompt them to just remove the offending entry.
Or perhaps don't ask but just remove the entry?
-f.r.