Opened 9 years ago
Closed 9 years ago
#604 closed Bug / Defect ( fixed )
openvpn needs to remove registry keys upon deinstallation
| Reported by: | hildeb | Owned by: | Samuli Seppänen |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Packaging | Version: | OpenVPN 2.3.8 (Community Ed) |
| Severity: | Not set (select this one, unless your'e a OpenVPN developer) | Keywords: | |
| Cc: |
Description
Today I encountered a strange openvpn installation on Windows:
No matter what I installed, openvpn gui would invoke an OLD openvpn version I couldn't find anywhere on drive c:\ - very odd!
Finally, I took a look at the registry, just to find openvpn keys referring to p:/install/openvpn - WTF?
I deleted them, reinstalled from scratch and everything would work as expected.
So, my request:
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openvpn needs to remove registry keys upon deinstallation!
What's the point of leaving those in the registry?
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by
| Owner: | set to Samuli Seppänen |
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| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
OpenVPN-GUI now reads openvpn.exe's location from HKLM://Software/OpenVPN, and only uses HKCU://Software/OpenVPN-GUI for stuff that is specific to OpenVPN-GUI. As such, this problem should no longer manifest itself. Closing this as fixed.