Uninstalling on Windows?

[Mark Wieder]

Scott Rossi <scott at ...> writes:

> 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.

What if I need to uninstall and reinstall the game? Would I lose the levels I've
already downloaded? Is there a downside to that?

> It seems like you can't win either way.

Pathologically true.

> 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!"

That's where prompting the user comes in. Ask before wiping the files, and if
they OK it, do the dirty and you're in the clear.

-- 
 Mark Wieder
 mwieder2ahsoftware.net