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[Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridhar.ratna@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe examples/ could instead be installed to the 'My Documents' (or
%LOCALAPPDATA%') directory?

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:18 AM, The Escapist <680426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just tried the pre-release that Onkar has provided here:
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~onkarshinde/gnusim8085-1.3.7-without-gtk-
> installer.exe
>
> I can confirm that  this practice of automatically saving each assembled
> file causes errors on Windows, once the examples are being run.
>
> --
> critical bug (data loss!) when uninstalling on Windows
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680426
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critical bug (data loss!) when uninstalling on Windows
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/680426
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Status in gnusim8085: New

Bug description:
on Windows, the uninstallation routine seems to be deleting the whole GNUSim8085 directory, regardless of it containing changes to any files or even completely new files.

This is a highly critical bug, as people could possibly lose their source code/modifications this way.

The right thing to do here would be asking the user if s/he wants to retain modified/new files, and to refrain from deleting directories that contain modifications or new files.

This is the standard procedure used by other Windows installers.