After installation, FreeCAD 0.16 leaves registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\FreeCAD.exe\shell\open\command
as it was from previous version installation,
"C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.15\bin\FreeCAD.exe" "%1"
while expected value is
"C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 0.16\bin\FreeCAD.exe" "%1"
[CLOSED] Bug #2616 Installation not changed existing FreeCAD entry on (Windows) registry
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[CLOSED] Bug #2616 Installation not changed existing FreeCAD entry on (Windows) registry
Trivial issue #2616 in regards to the Windows registry
Last edited by Kunda1 on Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Bug #2616 Installation not changed existing FreeCAD entry on (Windows) registry
To me it looks like the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\FreeCAD.exe is created automatically by the system -- maybe when double-clicking on a file and then selecting the application to open the file.
Since this key is not created by the installer it shouldn't try to do any clean-up work on de-installation. IMO, an installer should just undo the changes it made on installation -- not more and not less.
The worst that happens is that the system asks the user to re-define the path to the executable if the old version is not longer present which is really not dramatic.
So, I think this can be closed as "won't fix".
Since this key is not created by the installer it shouldn't try to do any clean-up work on de-installation. IMO, an installer should just undo the changes it made on installation -- not more and not less.
The worst that happens is that the system asks the user to re-define the path to the executable if the old version is not longer present which is really not dramatic.
So, I think this can be closed as "won't fix".
Re: Bug #2616 Installation not changed existing FreeCAD entry on (Windows) registry
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