Hugin 2010.4.0 deinstallation also deletes files it didn't install

[Volker Bartheld]

Affects 2010.4.0 released December 2010 Windows distribution

I have added old binaries in %ProgramFiles%\Hugin\bin070\ and autopano-sift-c.exe in %ProgramFiles%\Hugin\bin\.

After deinstallation the additional directories are gone - together with %ProgramFiles%\Hugin\ itself.

Don't know if this is bug or feature. I, however, would appreciate it if Hugin wouldn't silently delete files it didn't copy during installation time but rather show a notice that not all files were deleted.

On a sidenote: Updating Hugin 0.7.0 with 2010.4.0 results in two deinstallation entries in Start/Settings/Add or Remove Software but overwritten binaries in %ProgramFiles%\Hugin\.

[Yuv (yuv)]

A proper uninstaller should not remove files it did not install; and should not delete non-empty folders. I don't have access to Windows to confirm. Can any Windows user confirm?

[Yuv (yuv)]

Thank you for confirming, Matthew.

Is it possible to fix this behavior in time for the 2011.0.0 installer?

And does it make sense to fix the 2010.4.0 installer as well?

[Yuv (yuv)]

Setting to critical status since this will affect 2011.0.0 as well.

[Matthew Petroff (matthewpetroff)]

After looking at the uninstaller script, I can confirm that the uninstaller simply deletes the folder that Hugin was installed into, a behavior that should not be the case. I will look into fixing the issue when I have time.