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>Windows makes it pretty easy with the one "add or remove programs" section of the control panel. Except there's no guarantee that uninstallers will remove all
by jolux 5y ago
>Windows makes it pretty easy with the one "add or remove programs" section of the control panel.
Except there's no guarantee that uninstallers will remove all ancillary files on Windows either, especially because Windows developers seem to have a habit of just spraying configuration files and serialized state all across the filesystem haphazardly with little concern for organization.
- symlinkk 5y agoThere’s no guarantee, but on average uninstallers clear away a lot more than dragging and dropping an application to the trash.
- AshamedCaptain 5y agoIt's not really a Windows-only thing. Even OSes with proper packaging systems (and even MSI on Windows) will still forget a lot of files e.g. in user's home directories. How do you even decide when do you remove those?
- jolux 5y ago>How do you even decide when do you remove those? I think as a developer you have to take pains to keep them all in one place, and delete them when uninstalling.
- pantulis 5y agoWould you expect that uninstalling any Unix tool, would remove your .rc files in your $HOME?
- jolux 5y agoThat's irrelevant because I create my own rc files, and uninstallers should definitely not delete user-created files. Additionally most software that people install is not Unix tools, and most users have no idea what an rc file is.