[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116777] New: Portable Install deleted Windows Install

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116777

            Bug ID: 116777
           Summary: Portable Install deleted Windows Install
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.4.5.1 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Installation
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: kingsmedley at yahoo.com

Description:
I had LibreOffice 5.4.5 installed on my Win7 (x64) PC. My wife wanted a
portable version on a USB stick. So I downloaded the portable version 6.0(.2?)
and set it up on her stick. Now, the LibreOffice install on my PC doesn't work.
It is still in my Start menu, but the shortcuts are pointing to drive F instead
of E, where my install was. The uninstaller doesn't remove these traces,
because it also wants to go to drive F. Likewise, attempting a new install
won't run because it cannot find drive F either. 

Eventually I solved the removal problem by inserting a random USB stick to take
the F designation, ran the installer for 6.0.2.1, and chose remove. I then used
the same installer to reinstall LibreOffice.

It is counter-intuitive to me that putting a portable version on a stick would
wipe out the preexisting install. Why assume the stick is intended to run on
this PC? The installer should have asked before removing the old one from my
hard drive. It would also be helpful if the installer would give you an
opportunity to remove a borked install when it can't find a removable drive
that it expects would hold much of the data it is looking for, perhaps offering
a troubleshooting option rather than forcing a quit.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Perform standard windows install of LibreOffice.
2. Install LibreOffice Portable to a USB stick.
3. Remove stick and attempt to launch LibreOffice from start menu.

Actual Results:  
Initial install is destroyed.

Expected Results:
Portable version should have been created on USB stick without interfering with
original install.


Reproducible: Didn't try


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:


User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/59.0

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