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Bug 160456

Summary:	Installer should store its data in the shared folder if possible
Product:	installer	Reporter:	pjulien <pjulien>
Component:	NBI	Assignee:	Libor Fischmeistr <lfischmeistr>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description pjulien 2009-03-17 12:45:01 UTC

Trying to uninstall NetBeans 6.5.0 so that I can install NetBeans 6.5.1 under Windows Vista, uninstall fails due to the
fact that the files that store information about the install are stored under <username>\.nbi.

The problem here is that the user who installed netbeans in the first place no longer exists on this machine.

Work around:

1. Remove the netbeans-6.5 and glassfish-v2ur2 directories from program files
2. Install netbeans 6.5 once more
3. Under "program and features", netbeans and glassfish now appear twice
4. Under "program and features", uninstall netbeans 6.5
5. click on the remaining entries for netbeans and glassfish, vista produces an error and allows you to remove the
offending entry from "program and features".

Comment 1 dlipin 2009-03-20 15:09:46 UTC

I`d say that it is quite contradictory enhancement. Possible we should store installer data somewhere in the shared 
folders e.g. in C:\Program Files\Common Files\NBI in case installation is done via admin (or with admin right, or with 
UAC enabled) so that programs can be deleted further by the other "admin" users.

Related - Issue 88053.

Comment 2 Jiri Rechtacek 2012-10-07 13:05:52 UTC

Assigned to new owner.