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WinDirStats - Windows Directory Statistics, private clone from:
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Missing version entry in AddRemovePrograms #134

Open avogelba opened 8 years ago

avogelba commented 8 years ago

Originally reported by: koppor (Bitbucket: koppor, GitHub: koppor)

When RuckZuck accesses WinDirStat information, it cannot get the version entry, as WinDirStat doesn't provide one in "AddRemovePrograms". See https://ruckzuck.codeplex.com/workitem/1696

Is it possible that the WinDirStat installer adds the version information in AddRemovePrograms?

avogelba commented 8 years ago

Original comment by koppor (Bitbucket: koppor, GitHub: koppor):

Thank you. It's not urgent for me at all.

avogelba commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Oliver (Bitbucket: assarbad, GitHub: assarbad):

I see, I'll try to come up with a solution. If you need an urgent fix (e.g. because you're admin in a big network) for this, let me know and I'll dig up the .nsi file to generate a new installer.

avogelba commented 8 years ago

Original comment by koppor (Bitbucket: koppor, GitHub: koppor):

The key is fine. It should contain the String "DisplayVersion" with value "1.1.2" (or "1.1.2.80")

MSDN says: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa372105%28v=vs.85%29.aspx (not sure whether this really the most appropriate source)

My WinDirStat version is "1.1.2.80 (Unicode)". I removed that version and installed the version retrieved from http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/windirstat/windirstat/1.1.2%20installer%20re-release%20%28more%20languages%21%29/windirstat1_1_2_setup.exe. Same result.

My system says that it is Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600], also identified as Windows 8.1 Pro.

RuckZuck is a similar tool to Chocolatey (http://alternativeto.net/software/chocolatey/), but relies on the installers of the tools instead of requiring a complete repacking of the application.

avogelba commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Oliver (Bitbucket: assarbad, GitHub: assarbad):

What's RuckZuck and what have we got to do with it? Scratch that, I read up on it now.

I do not know what "AddRemovePrograms" is, but I presume you mean the list that is shown when you click "Programs and Features" in the "Control Panel"?

The installer does create a key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinDirStat. What's the problem with that?

As a side-note, you forgot to mention all the relevant information about your system. Please read https://bitbucket.org/windirstat/windirstat/wiki/Issues/How_to_Report_Bugs_Effectively and add them accordingly. Btw, I wouldn't ask if those were included on the RuckZuck tracker.