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title="UNCONFIRMED - Uninstalling LibreOffice requires Windows Explorer to close"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130628">130628</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Uninstalling LibreOffice requires Windows Explorer to close
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.4.0.3 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>jedimmel@gmail.com
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<pre>Description:
After having trouble with my install defaulting to A4 paper (even though
everything points to US & Letter paper) I decided to try uninstalling
completely and then reinstalling to fix the issue. That's when I got the
prompt: "The following applications should be closed before continuing the
installation: Windows Explorer". The default option was to "Automatically close
applications and attempt to restart them after setup is complete".
Note that this was not prompting for Internet Explorer, it was prompting for
Windows Explorer, as in the very desktop itself.
I can't see how this can be a good idea. If something goes wrong with the
install, then you can't use Explorer to kill the program or restart or
anything. And why does it need to close it? No other program I have ever
installed has ever had to close Windows Explorer! Require a restart, yes; close
Windows Explorer?, no.
I don't know if a reinstall is going to fix the original issue, but if it
doesn't I am certainly going to go back to an earlier version, as this is just
crazy.
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Close all programs (including web browser) except for Windows Explorer
2.Uninstall program
3.See prompt to close the app, and click Ok to close
Actual Results:
Closed all programs (including web browser), but left Windows Explorer open
(both in separate windows, and of course, the desktop itself). When prompted I
chose Ok, and Windows Explorer (both windows & desktop) closed, leaving a blank
screen and the uninstall dialog. On finishing install it re-opened Windows
Explorer.
Expected Results:
No prompt should have been given for Windows Explorer to close. If it needs to
be restarted to accomplish the uninstall, then that should be required, but NOT
restarting the very desktop shell.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Can't do that as I uninstalled the app.</pre>
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