Unstalled Open Live Writer - settings are still on computer

[kathweaver]

Uninstalled Open Live Writer. Folder is still on my computer containing settings, etc.

C:\Users\Kathleen\AppData\Local is still on my computer.

Also all settings were left on my computer for blogs, etc.

[kathweaver]

Just deleting that directory did not delete the settings.

[martinwoodward]

Take a look at the uninstall logic in (PR 75)[https://github.com//pull/75/files] for a complete clean up.

What we might want to do it make OLW use the SquirrelAwareApp class and get it to listen for the uninstall event and clean up the registry keys and files which would mean that logic could be removed from the Chocolatey package in #75

[gep13]

@martinwoodward let me know if there is anything you want me to remove from the chocolateyUninstall.ps1 file.

[anaisbetts]

What we might want to do it make OLW use the SquirrelAwareApp class and get it to listen for the uninstall event and clean up the registry keys and files which would mean that logic could be removed from the Chocolatey package in #75

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[kathweaver]

Doing some diffing.

When I uninstall OpenLiveWriter, and then run from Visual Studio, the following folder is created:
C:\Users\Kathleen\AppData\Local\OpenLiveWriter\AutoRecover

It's currently empty as I have done nothing. All of my prior settings are still available. However the autorecover must be saving my blog post.

My settings must be somewhere else on my computer.

[kathweaver]

Found them in the registery:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenLiveWriter

Deleting the keys let the program start by displaying the "Configure Open Live Writer".

This is information we may need for testing in addition to Uninstalling gracefully.

[hashhar]

Should I add some code in the uninstaller to remove that registry key upon uninstalling?

[gep13]

@hashhar the changes that you are making will only work when the user has installed OLW via Chocolatey. I am guessing that additional work will be required, elsewhere, to remove these files/keys, when OLW is installed directly from the exe from the site.

[hashhar]

@gep13 Where is the uninstaller's code? I guess the same changes will need to be added to the uninstaller.