Re: 2.6 Windows installer "Remove previous version" messages

Don't worry about it, it's not hurting anything. Next time you upgrade,
uninstall all entries for AbiWord listed in your uninstall menu, then
install.

Ryan

lchaput@istar.ca wrote:
>
> Ryan, I used Ian's idea, I deleted it from start Menu and now the 2.6
> is coming on. But I still have two uninstalls, one for 2.4 that goes
> to 2.6 and one for 2.6. Luc
>
>
>
>
> Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net> a écrit :
>
>> Well, on Windows you can only have one version of AbiWord (installed to
>> the default location) installed at a time, and so your AbiWord
>> uninstall link (which mistakenly still says 2.4) is actually to
>> uninstall 2.6. Please file a bug at http://bugzilla.abisource.com/ If
>> it really bothers you, you can uninstall then re-install, which should
>> fix it, but as long as you see 2.6.0 in the Help -> About menu, you're
>> using 2.6
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>> lchaput@istar.ca wrote:
>>>
>>> Congratulations to the release of abiword 2.6
>>>
>>> My Vista still puts abiword 2.4 in the programs list and if I try
>>> to uninstall 2.4, the link goes to uninstall 2.6. Do you have an
>>> explanation and a solution? Thanks Luc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "J.M. Maurer" <uwog@uwog.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 08:09 +0200, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
>>>>> Xun Sun wrote:
>>>>>> Congratulations to the release of abiword 2.6!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday when I tried the Windows installer, it asked me several (6
>>>>>> actually) times to confirm removing the earlier 2.4.6 packages.
>>>>>> Would
>>>>>> it be more convenient for the users to show a single message like
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> following: (?)
>>>>>>>
>>>>> That probably would be ideal, but it wasn't ready in time for 2.6.0.
>>>>> Please file an enhancement request at http://bugzilla.abisource.com
>>>>
>>>> Ideal would be having just a single installer IMO.
>>>>
>>>> Marc
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#282  +  (442) -  [X]
A programmer started to cuss
Because getting to sleep was a fuss
As he lay there in bed
Looping 'round in his head
was: while(!asleep()) sheep++;
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