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Re: evil uninstaller! (General Discussion)
Re: evil uninstaller! // General Discussion
Nov 20, 2002, 1:40pm
Maybe because you're not supposed to uninstall it. ROFL
[View Quote]"supa" <netfusion at ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:3ddb59ed$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I think you all got lucky and were spared the max evil this app can
inflict.
> I'm not sure if this bug still exists in the uninstaller and im unwilling
to
> test for it personally. If you install AW to a program files subfolder
and
> then uninstall, it attempts to delete everything in program files.
> Presumably it would do this to any folder with a space but its all the
more
> drastic when you use program files as it leaves the system in a unbootable
> state. I think there is a minimum bar of intelligence an installer needs
> to prevent catastophic bugs like this. A keep preference options, a few
> sanity checks on its scope, and proper path string handling isnt much to
ask
> in any command that involves deleting files and folders.
>
> Supa
>
> (especially all those chat responses and world settings). VERY annoying!
> when
> installer
> install
uninstall
> to
if
> I
> location.
> Roland
ub
> your
> from
fix
> any
>
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