Uninstalling removed all programs from my computer

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lakais88
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Uninstalling removed all programs from my computer

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Not sure which discussion this should be in.....I had the application installed on my computer in the E: drive, removed the application and it uninstalled all programs from my E: drive, including steam and my library of games. :x
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Re: Uninstalling removed all programs from my computer

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The uninstaller will not normally remove anything but the Folding application and its files. However, you did have it installed in a custom location. Which version of the application did you have installed, and did you use the supplied uninstaller?
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Re: Uninstalling removed all programs from my computer

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The installer warns against putting the program and the data in one folder, as the uninstaller will delete the entire folder where the program is installed.

There is a feature enhancement ticket to prevent the uninstaller from doing this, and to do a more graceful and surgical uninstall.

https://fah-web.stanford.edu/projects/F ... ticket/107
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Re: Uninstalling removed all programs from my computer

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I don't know which version I had, I can't find out now either unfortunately. I just uninstalled it through add/remove programs.
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Re: Uninstalling removed all programs from my computer

Post by Jesse_V »

This seems very similar to this thread: viewtopic.php?f=61&t=23506
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