Yes, that would be a bad strategy. I think anyway I wouldn’t be looking for stacks but for complied applications - the kind of stuff you get in the Applications folder on a Mac. If there were stacks, then for a runnable app they would be in very specific places (application support type folders). No, it’s the rogue executable I’m looking for…
Thanks for the reply Cheers Graham > On 2 Jan 2018, at 13:45, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I suppose you would have to search the end-user's machine for all instances > of "myStack.livecode", and that seems > a risky business as the end-user might have other LiveCode stacks on their > machine that are needed to do something else. > > Richmond. > > On 2/1/2018 1:00 pm, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: >> I’m developing a very simple uninstaller for a Mac app. I have an installer, >> thanks to DropDMG. >> >> The uninstallation process isn’t difficult - it’s just a matter of deleting >> all the involved files (some are slightly tricky to find, like dock aliases, >> but I guess there’s a way around that). But there’s one issue that I’m >> unsure about: what to do if the user has not obeyed the installer's >> instructions to place the app in the Applications folder, or has maybe got a >> beta copy that wasn’t installed using the installer, or has made a ‘spare’ >> copy somewhere on their hard disk which I don’t know about. I can’t see any >> way to detect these ‘rogue’ copies - can anyone else think of one? I know >> there are some big hitters in this area like CleanMyMac that claim to be >> able to find everything to do with an installed app, but I am not that >> ambitious - I just don’t want to miss anything obvious. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Graham >> >> PS When I crack this, I’ll have to do the same thing for a PC version of the >> app. But first things first. >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
