Hello Alan, to avoid running the installer all together, you can use the '7ZIP' utility to uncompress the WSJT-X package EXE file straight into a folder on the PC, yes it works. This is the path I have taken, it allows me to have many and varied copies of WSJT-X on a PC and no entries in the installed apps catalogue of Windows or entries in the system registry.
Once the files have been extracted, you can go to the 'Bin' sub folder, right click on the WSJT-X.EXE and select create shortcut if you need a dedicated shortcut to start each copy (give each shortcut you create a meaningful name). Regards, Peter, vk5pj On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 2:39 AM Alan Groups via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Last post on this issue. > > - I cleaned ap again, and installed version 2.5.3 into a wsjtx253 > folder, then version 2.5.4 into a wsjtx254 folder > - That worked, apart from some initial "stale lock file" complaints > that went away on retry. The Start Menu entry for 2.5.3 started that > version and the entry for 2.5.4 started that one > - The 2.5.4 entry was missing the Start Menu entries for uninstaller, > documentation and website, but the latter two appeared on their own when I > uninstalled 2.5.3 from Settings>Apps and Features > - The uninstaller for 2.5.4 nevertheless worked when I did so from > Settings>Apps and Features > > Maybe something like that is all that's necessary to clear this one up - > the installer to suggest a different default folder for each version? > > Alan G0TLK > > On 31/12/2022 13:46, Alan Groups via wsjt-devel wrote: > > Following a system clean-up I've looked a bit further into the weird menu > and other entries I found on my system and found the same effects arising > on version upgrade, so it's a repeatable issue: > > *The Uninstaller* > > - Following a system clean of WSJT-X, installation of v 2.5.4 and > after a reboot I uninstalled WSJT-X 2.5.4 using the uninstal link under the > Start button - it runs uninstal.exe > - WSJT-X went from the Start menu, the W10 apps list, Control > Panel>Programs & Features, and the registry > - The uninstaller therefore seems to be doing it's job, if run. > > *Version upgrade* > > I then installed version 2.5.3 and rebooted, followed by an upgrade to > version 2.5.4 by simply running the latter installer. This gave me: > > - Start Menu - one entry labelled 2.5.3 that actually runs 2.5.4 > - Registry - two entries, for each of 2.5.3 and 2.5.4 > - Control Panel>Programs & Features - two entries in the list, one for > 2.5.3 and one for 2.5.4, both uninstalling only 2.5.4 > - Settings>Apps & Features - same as Control Panel > > The system entries are therefore incorrect, leading to user confusion and > for all I know potential W10 system issues as well. > > *Diagnosis* > > I don't believe the installer is running the working uninstal.exe nor is > it cleaning up system entries from the previous version, when a new version > is installed over the top of an existing version > > *Suggested solutions* > > - Advise users to run the uninstaller first, before version upgrading; > or > - Incorporate minimum necessary system entry clean-up into the > installer script; or > - If an ability to run multiple versions on one machine is required > then amend the installer script so that it handles the system entries to > have each version remaining entirely separate > > Hope that helps! > > Alan G0TLK > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing > listwsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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