Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Osmium" Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: Re: To all who write uninstallation programs for software you distribute Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 18:29:44 -0500 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <0hq7pblr580ec5n1sv05fapprarqc9ef9l@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net m+HfYj4Vo75bnlhiN24mqQEAa1DVcd/kVydxWVHsNv2ENPSJl4 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Tsm76EyZXD5vmPtmbeZpj89KVNg= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Xref: csiph.com comp.programming:6805 "Osmium" wrote: > I probably dislike Windows as much as Richard does. If we could revert to > the pre-install era I would be willing to pay the price by doing a manual > file association. But I am not at all sure that is the only change in > practices that would be needed, it was just the most obvious one that > occurred to me. Perhaps someone that has actually written official > install/uninstall code could give more insight. I thought of another glitch when one bypasses the Windows install routine. A program should be visible via. the Start|all programs ... little dance. A program activated in Richard's way will not list the new program. Perhaps one could devise a patch. But you have started on the journey to make a user into a programmer - this is not a good trip.