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They did. I believe they had to uninstall the previous version and delete a lot of leftover registry keys and files. Amazing how uninstalls never really uninsta
by Cheyana 11y ago
They did. I believe they had to uninstall the previous version and delete a lot of leftover registry keys and files. Amazing how uninstalls never really uninstall the thing. Never understood the logic in that. I've seen companies (like HP and Kofax) have to make cleanup tools for their own software because the uninstalls don't actually remove everything. I wonder if they contract their installation components out to third parties that screw it up.
- odonnellryan 11y agoCheck this out: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/mats/program_install_and_uninstall https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/mats/program_install_and... I believe that's the right tool. It's a somewhat 'magic' uninstaller.
- Cheyana 11y agoYeah, Visual Studio is definitely the right candidate for a cleanup tool. I guess Microsoft learned their lesson. It's a shame every vendor doesn't put as much effort into cleaning up their crap as they put into the installer, but maybe they figure if you're removing it then they couldn't care any less about you.