Installer: In "Programs and Features", "Repair" should exist/work.

[romw]

Reported by JacobKlein on 31 Mar 41245004 04:26 UTC
I noticed in my 6.12.x testing that all "Change" and "Repair" options were failing. I did some more testing, and confirmed they were failing for 6.10.58 as well.

On 3/29/2011, Rom said:[looking into it. It looks like the Change/Repair features were[BR]broken for a while, sometime in the 6.6 timeframe. I opted to disable[until they could be fixed properly.

When they work again, they both should be turned back on.[BR]This ticket is to fix, enable, test, and verify, the "Repair" options.

Another ticket will handle the "Change" options, just in case it becomes necessary to keep "Change" turned off.

Migrated-From: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/1058

[romw]

Commented by JacobKlein on 7 Jun 41245015 20:00 UTC
Here are more details about the original find, on my Windows 7 x64 computer:

-----Original Message-----[Jacob W. Klein [BR]Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 !5:28 AM[boinc_alpha at ssl.berkeley.edu [BR]Subject: Windows Installer errors with Repair and Remove[think Ive discovered some Windows Installer errors with Repair and Remove in my recent testing.[BR][both Win 7 x64 and Win 7 x86...[BR]Whenever I try any of the following, they all fail rather ungracefully, with a Fatal error during installation. error.["Programs and Features" -> "Change" -> "Remove" fails[BR)]2) "Programs and Features" -> "Change" -> "Repair" fails["Program and Features" -> "Repair" fails[BR)][1: It looks like even 6.10.58 had the same errors[BR]Note 2: The Uninstall option, which is probably most often used, does appear to work correctly[still, Remove and Repair should also work correctly, right?[BR][Message-----[BR]From: boinc_alpha-bounces at ssl.berkeley.edu On Behalf Of Jacob W. Klein[Friday, March 11, 2011 !3:57 AM[BR]To: boinc_alpha at ssl.berkeley.edu[Re: boinc_alpha Windows Installer errors with Repair and Remove[you decide to fix this issue, it might also be helpful to know that....[BR][I re-execute the original executable installer boinc_6.12.18_windows_x86_64.exe ...[BR]the Repair and Remove functions work correctly there.[[BR]][[BR]]So, maybe making it work from Programs and Features might not be too hard!

[romw]

Commented by JacobKlein on 13 May 41245017 20:26 UTC
Here are more details about the original find, on my Windows 7 x64 computer:[Message-----[BR]From: Jacob W. Klein[Friday, March 11, 2011 !5:28 AM[BR]To: boinc_alpha at ssl.berkeley.edu[Windows Installer errors with Repair and Remove[BR][think Ive discovered some Windows Installer errors with Repair and Remove in my recent testing.[BR][both Win 7 x64 and Win 7 x86...[BR]Whenever I try any of the following, they all fail rather ungracefully, with a Fatal error during installation. error.["Programs and Features" -> "Change" -> "Remove" fails[BR)]2) "Programs and Features" -> "Change" -> "Repair" fails["Program and Features" -> "Repair" fails[BR)][1: It looks like even 6.10.58 had the same errors[BR]Note 2: The Uninstall option, which is probably most often used, does appear to work correctly[still, Remove and Repair should also work correctly, right?[BR][Message-----[BR]From: boinc_alpha-bounces at ssl.berkeley.edu On Behalf Of Jacob W. Klein[Friday, March 11, 2011 !3:57 AM[BR]To: boinc_alpha at ssl.berkeley.edu[Re: boinc_alpha Windows Installer errors with Repair and Remove[you decide to fix this issue, it might also be helpful to know that....[BR][I re-execute the original executable installer boinc_6.12.18_windows_x86_64.exe ...[BR]the Repair and Remove functions work correctly there.[[BR]][[BR]]So, maybe making it work from Programs and Features might not be too hard!

[Ageless93]

Is this still an issue with BOINC 7.6 or 7.8?

[AenBleidd]

Yes. Only 'Uninstall' option is available

[RichardHaselgrove]

We need to do at least one of two things:

1. Recruit a volunteer with a thorough, professional knowledge of Installshield to finish off these little jobs that Rom left behind when the money ran out.

2. Recruit a volunteer with a thorough, professional knowledge of an open-source installer package to re-write the installer and include all the trac tickets which Rom had punted into the long grass long before the money ran out.