Uninstall message that not everything deleted
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I tried to unstall FFS but got a message that not everything was uninstalled, that other files could be deleted by hand. What are those files? Do you have an uninstaller tool to complete the job? If not, I would appreciate a list of the files to delete by hand.
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What does the error message exactly say?
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I closed it out so cannot copy it. I have had this error message before with other programs, such as Norton. Norton has a tool to get rid of the other stuff that the uninstaller could not delete. What I wrote is the essence of the message. There were no specifics as to what files or where.
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(Install again, then run the uninstaller & see what it specifically says?)
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I believe FreeFileSync was still running when the uninstallation was starting. Both Inno and NSIS do a poor job of detecting and reporting failures when deleting files. Therefore I've added some code to shut FreeFileSync down during uninstall, similar to what the installer is already doing during installation.