From ebaea2d5e68bb6e8f6ccdc9b1fa46394dfe040b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 04:36:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Windows installer: disabled Wise's "delete in-use files" uninstall option. It was the cause of at least one way UNWISE.EXE could vanish (install a python; uninstall it; install it again; reboot the machine; abracadabra the uinstaller is gone). --- Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++ PCbuild/python20.wse | 11 ++++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index edeced087625..73441960c88e 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Library Windows +- Sometimes the uninstall executable (UNWISE.EXE) vanishes. One cause + of that has been fixed in the installer (disabled Wise's "delete in- + use files" uninstall option). + - The installer now installs Start menu shortcuts under (the local equivalent of) "All Users" when doing an Admin install. diff --git a/PCbuild/python20.wse b/PCbuild/python20.wse index 3b477e2688cf..dcb7180c7e19 100644 --- a/PCbuild/python20.wse +++ b/PCbuild/python20.wse @@ -2862,7 +2862,16 @@ item: Self-Register OCXs/DLLs end item: Remark end -item: Add Text to INSTALL.LOG +remarked item: Remark + Text=Don't enable "Delete in-use files". Here's what happens: +end +remarked item: Remark + Text=Install Python; uninstall Python; install Python again. Reboot the machine. +end +remarked item: Remark + Text=Now UNWISE.EXE is missing. I think this is a Wise bug, but so it goes. +end +remarked item: Add Text to INSTALL.LOG Text=Delete in-use files: On end item: Remark -- 2.47.3