Hi Dave, *, On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Dave Barton wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: jonathon <jonathon.blake<at>gmail.com> > Date: Sun 13 Apr 2008 12:47:46 EST > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 5:07 PM, phil wrote: > > > > > Why doesn't the install remove these files if the install is > > > successful. > > > > Because OOo needs them when uninstalling itself. > > > > xan > > > > jonathon > > > > I am very puzzled by this and the answer from Manfred. [...]
I've read your (and Harold's) statement and I'll give an answer tomorrow. But please no further experiments with your wife's notebook ... ;-) ā™¸anfred > [...] I have only > installed OOo for Windows (98, 2000,XP and Vista) with the current > installer around 200+ times and I always make it a practice to > delete/erase/wipe the installation files directory/folder. For various > reasons I have uninstalled around 20-30 of these same installations and > never encountered any problems due to the absence of the installation > files. > > To check the validity of my claim, I have just gone to my wife's Vista > based notebook, checked that the OOo 2.3.1 installation files did not > exist and uninstalled it without any errors or problem. I then installed > OOo 2.4.0, which completed perfectly. subsequently deleting/erasing the > installation files and uninstalled OOo 2.4.0 Both uninstall processes > worked perfectly without the need for the original installation files. > > I am aware that a number of people have reported problems with the Windows > uninstaller failing, but based on my experience I think there is an issue > other than the absence of the original installation files. > > Dave > > BTW I did restore OOo 2.4.0 in good working order to my wife's notebook. > I am not that brave/stupid ;)
