Re: Win32 Plugin Installation Paths

> 
> Doesn't the uninstaller know which files it installed? It sounds like 
> the uninstaller is dumb and just does rm -rf C:\Program Files\Gaim, 
> instead of removing just the files it installed, and just the 
> directories it installed iff they're empty. If this is the case, I vote 
> for making the uninstaller better, unless there's other advantages to #2 
> above and beyond the main problem you're trying to solve.
> 
> --Tim

other than i like the overall idea of letting admins help users (idiots) 
pick reasonable defaults, i'd vote for this method also. if the 
uninstaller can't tell the directory isn't empty after its removed its 
own files, its an uninstaller bug.

luke


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