GNU bug report logs - #68756
Uninstalling emacs does not remove Start Menu entries created during the installation

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Message #8 received at 68756 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Дилян Палаузов
 <dilyan.palauzov <at> aegee.org>, 68756 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st>
Subject: Re: bug#68756: Uninstalling emacs does not remove Start Menu entries
 created during the installation
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:00:59 -0800

Дилян Палаузов <dilyan.palauzov <at> aegee.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I have installed Emacs on Windows using emacs-29.1_2-installer.exe . It has put a folder named “Emacs 29.1” in the Start Menu.  That folder has two icons “Emacs” and “Uninstall”.
>
> Then I installed emacs-29.2-installer.exe .  It asks “Select the Start Menu folder in which you would like to create program's shortcuts.  You can also enter a name to create a new folder” and the system suggests as name “Emacs-29.2”.  I «Close» to complete the setup with the suggested folder.  Now I have for each emacs version a separate directory under C:\Program Files\Emacs .
>
> I also have two Start Menu folders: Emacs-29.1 containing “Emacs” and “Uninstall” and Emacs-29.2 containing only “Emacs”.  I click on “Uninstall”.  It says “Emacs-29.2 will be uninstalled”, despite being in the 29.1 folder, but it actually deletes the emacs-29.1 and emacs-29.2 files.  After the deinstallation the Start Menu folders “Emacs-29.1 and Emacs-29.2” are still present.
>
> • Uninstalling emacs should remove the Start Menu directories, created during installing emacs.
> • Installing emacs should ask to first remove the previously installed emacs version, as long as it does not do inplace upgrade (substitution).
>
> Kind regards
>   Дилян

Corwin, could you please take a look at the above bug report?

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