[Wish]Smarter uninstaller

m^2 · Post by *m^2 » 2007-03-06, 21:41 UTC

I'm playing with several versions of Total Commander. When I want to remove one, uninstaller tries to close all running instances of TC. It should check for executable location and leave these that won't affect uninstallation working.

Post by *Hacker » 2007-03-06, 22:01 UTC

For installer, too, please.

Roman

roentgen · Post by *roentgen » 2007-03-06, 22:05 UTC

I wonder why would one use the uninstaller for such "advanced tests"

As all we know TC does NOT write endless registry keys nor does create files other than those in its dir and the config files.

karlchen · Post by *karlchen » 2007-03-06, 23:08 UTC

roentgen wrote:I wonder why would one use the uninstaller for such "advanced tests"

This is the mouse clicking generation.

Cannot even install a simple device like a coffee machine, because it comes without a setup programme.

Karl

Post by *petermad » 2007-03-07, 20:51 UTC

Cannot even install a simple device like a coffee machine, because it comes without a setup programme

Stance · Post by *Stance » 2007-03-08, 18:55 UTC

roentgen wrote:I wonder why would one use the uninstaller for such "advanced tests"

-Because one is taking part in a public Beta test ?

roentgen wrote:As all we know TC does NOT write endless registry keys nor does create files other than those in its dir and the config files.

Surprise!

m^2 wrote:When I want to remove one, uninstaller tries to close all running instances of TC.

What happens when TC is running from a USB device? Is this instance closed by the uninstaller, too ?

m^2 · Post by *m^2 » 2007-03-08, 20:13 UTC

Stance wrote:
m^2 wrote:When I want to remove one, uninstaller tries to close all running instances of TC.
What happens when TC is running from a USB device? Is this instance closed by the uninstaller, too ?

Yes, it does.

StatusQuo · Post by *StatusQuo » 2007-03-20, 00:12 UTC

m^2 wrote:[...], uninstaller tries to close all running instances of TC.

I wonder why would one use the uninstaller for such "advanced tests"

As all we know TC does NOT write endless registry keys nor does create files other than those in its dir and the config files.

Agree. It's enough to unpack the files from the setup archive (and copying the help file in your language), uninstalling would be as simple as deleting its directory.
The perfect tool for this is already on your disk: TC.

Especially for testing different versions this is much more flexible than any installer, I think.

If you need shortcuts in start menu or desktop: a link in the directory hotlist (^D) quickly leads you there, Shift-F5 creates the shortcut - fully customizable.

Stance · Post by *Stance » 2007-03-20, 01:53 UTC

StatusQuo wrote:It's enough to unpack the files from the setup archive (and copying the help file in your language), uninstalling would be as simple as deleting its directory.
The perfect tool for this is already on your disk: TC. Especially for testing different versions this is much more flexible than any installer, I think.

Newer versions of the TC-setup comes as a signed archive for VISTA.
No chance to re-pack the installer and run in on windows vista without a error message.

BTW: It's a paradoxon: Having TC already installed & running and modifing the TC setup archive.

StatusQuo · Post by *StatusQuo » 2007-03-20, 14:18 UTC

Stance wrote:BTW: It's a paradoxon: Having TC already installed & running and modifing the TC setup archive.

Why would you want to modify the TC setup archive?
(What's meant above is: Instead of letting the installer do something you can use Alt-F9 to unpack the installer's contents to the target dir - and the "installation" is done.)

Post by *petermad » 2007-03-20, 16:20 UTC

Why would you want to modify the TC setup archive

Perhaps to modify the INSTALL.INF file in order to make a custom setup.

sqa_wizard · Post by *sqa_wizard » 2007-03-20, 18:20 UTC

Why would you want to modify the TC setup archive?

I have to update several TC installations at my company. This is a very easy task by modifying the INSTALL.INF file.
(Running unattended, no new shortcuts at desktop/start menu)

With the new signed archive it fails, I have to use an older one and exchange the content...

A smarter way would be indeed an installer which looks for an external INSTALL.INF file within the same folder !

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2007-03-21, 16:56 UTC

Newer versions of the TC-setup comes as a signed archive for VISTA.
No chance to re-pack the installer and run in on windows vista without a error message.

Indeed signed EXEs cannot be made unsigned. But you can get the self-extractor separately from here:
https://plugins.ghisler.com/addons/sfxhead_installer.zip

You may freely use it. It unpacks everything to temp, runs a program called install.exe or setup.exe, waits for its termination, and then deletes all temporary files.

sqa_wizard · Post by *sqa_wizard » 2007-03-21, 20:10 UTC

Thanks a lot !

To use it I have done following at TC install dir:

1. copied the existing SFXHEAD.SFX to "SFXHEAD.SFX.org" to have it handy
2. copied the installer version to "SFXHEAD.SFX.installer"
3. for general purpose I just copy SFXHEAD.SFX.org to SFXHEAD.SFX
4. for installer build purpose I just copy SFXHEAD.SFX.installer to SFXHEAD.SFX

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