Windows Clean/Dirty Install Smoke Tests :soap: :hankey:

[DanielMurphy22]

Before testing:

• Check this testing issue relates to the OS you will test on.
• If unassigned, please assign yourself as for a normal Github issue.
• Please run these tests on the release package of Mantid; not a locally built version.

Afterwards:

• Comment below with any issues you came across.
• If no major issues were found, please close this testing issue.
• Check the main issue for this OS for other unassigned smoke tests.

If you have any questions please contact the creator of this issue.

:soap: :hankey:

Dirty install

• Make sure that you have several versions of Mantid installed
  • Last release
  • A nightly
  • If possible an old release
• Install the new release candidate of Mantid
• [x] Check that Mantid boots up correctly

Clean install

• Remove all existing Mantid versions and associated files

On Windows:

• Uninstall the program
• Clear shortcuts from desktop
• Remove the mantid files in %APPDATA%

On macOS :

• Remove the application
• Remove the ~/.mantid directory
• Remove (or rename) ~/Library/Preferences/org.python.python.Python.plist and ~/Library/Preferences/org.python.python.plist

On Linux :

• Remove the package: /opt/Mantid
• Remove ~/.config/Mantid
• Remove ~/.mantid/

Re-install the new release candidate of Mantid

• [x] Check that Mantid boots up correctly

[DonaldChung-HK]

I can start mantid workbench with both dirty install and clean install