MS-MPI uninstaller doesn't delete msmpi.dll

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MS-MPI uninstaller doesn't delete msmpi.dll #42

Open mablanchard opened 4 years ago

mablanchard commented 4 years ago

Installing MS-MPI using the official installer (msmpisetup.exe, tested with version 10.1.12498.18) brings msmpi.dll:

Uninstalling that package however doesn't seem to remove that library...

wyldckat commented 3 years ago

The following was an answer I got from Anh Vo back in August 2016, on this topic:

Unfortunately dll’s that are installed to c:\windows\system32 are considered permanent and do not get removed.

The additional information I was given back then was that we can distribute the MS-MPI DLLs with our packages and place them in the same folder as the executables that need them. This way we don't need to install MS-MPI at the system level.