Uninstalling on Windows?

[Scott Rossi]

Hi Mark:

I totally agree, in principle.  In my case, the application is a game, and
the files to be deleted are text data, which are useless without the
application.  They don't contain any user created data (i.e. addresses,
personal info, etc) they are generated automatically by playing (progress)
or by downloading (levels).  So in this case, I don't think it's a big
deal to auto-remove, if possible.

It seems like you can't win either way.  The purists say "Don't remove
anything you didn't install!" and the neat freaks say "Dammit, I deleted
the app, I want all its files gone!"

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design




On 2/6/13 2:27 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

>Scott Rossi <scott at ...> writes:
>
>> What is the best way to set up a Windows installer to handle uninstall
>>of
>> user-generated files?
>
>Do you want to do this? I've seen two approaches: the first is to bring
>up a
>dialog if there are additional files that weren't part of the original
>installation asking whether the user wants to delete the data files as
>well. If
>not, just leave them on the disk. A subsequent reinstall should be able
>to pick
>up from where they left off. The second approach is to leave things as
>they are,
>keep the data files and the folders intact, just not notifying the user.
>This is
>the way Adobe AIR uninstalls things, and the AIR installer has a bug that
>gives
>a nonsequitor error if you try to reinstall or install over an existing
>installation.
>
>But in any case, I think it's bad form to delete user-generated files
>without
>asking first.
>
>-- 
> Mark Wieder
> mwieder at ahsoftware.net
>
>
>
>
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