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MSI was the format where you needed to keep the original installer around merely to uninstall it and they eventually hacked-in a stripped down version of MSI in
by stefan_ 8y ago
MSI was the format where you needed to keep the original installer around merely to uninstall it and they eventually hacked-in a stripped down version of MSI installers because well, someone realized how ridiculous that was?
Good riddance.
- pjmlp 8y agoNot really, that was badly written installers in InstallShield and friends.
- vetinari 8y agoWindows installer made a copy of the msi, just in case it was needed later and put it into C:\Windows\Installer. It kept it even for packages, that were uninstalled or superseded.
- lpcvoid 8y agoOn my Win10 system, that directory is ~600mb, ~300 files and 17 directories. Not advocating for this system, I just don't think it's that much of a problem.
- vetinari 8y agoI have a Win8.1 system, where it is 40 GB. That crossed the annoyance line some time ago.
- pjmlp 8y agoI never remember having seen such folder. Having been doing Windows development since Windows 3.0. I have been hit by such errors, which on my case were caused by .exe installers.