Yes, that sounds like what happened. I could see them from the admin interface. I only went to the folder after I had uninstalled most of the folders using the 'remove' button in the interface. The 'ABOUT' application is the only one that wouldn't install. When I checked the actual folder it was a single file so I deleted it and now it's gone.
It's all fixed now, possibly I did something very weird, but I would love to know what actually happened. I should have taken screenshots. On Thursday, January 17, 2013 8:48:30 PM UTC+8, Anthony wrote: > > When you create an application, there should be a single folder with the > application name inside the /web2py/applications folder. Then, inside the > application folder, you should see folders such as cron, databases, views, > etc. Like this: > > /web2py > /applications > /myapp > /cache > /controllers > > Are you saying that instead you had these folders directly within the > /applications folder, rather than within a specific application folder -- > like this: > > /web2py > /applications > /cache > /controllers > > Anthony > > On Thursday, January 17, 2013 5:41:45 AM UTC-5, JediLuke wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am new to web2py so probably I am doing something wrong. I used the >> wizard and (I think it was the wizard that did it) it created a bunch of >> applications - called cron, database, view, there was about 8 or 10 of >> them. I didn't make them and it was confusing me so I uninstalled most of >> them, but one called 'ABOUT' when I click uninstall it tried to do it but >> then has an error and says 'unable to uninstall "ABOUT" '. Why were these >> applications created, and why can't I uninstall this one? >> >> I used the wizard again and it only created one application which is what >> I expected in the first place, so I'm very confused. >> >> Update: >> I went into my web2py folder with the idea that I will delete files and >> get a clean install. There was a file "ABOUT" - not a folder - which I >> deleted and now the project is gone. That's fixed my problem (which was >> really just an annoyance) however I would still like to know why these >> things happened. >> >> Thanks for your help >> > --
