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Asking question about Uninstalling Streamlink Twitch GUI app (and it's empty folder) #794

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can I just normally delete this slightly simi-empty Streamlink Twitch GUI folder?

Yes. All the installer does is extracting files from the embedded LZMA-archive into the target directory, creating a laucher shortcut and adding an entry to the system's registry for the uninstaller. The uninstaller has a list of all written files and then simply removes them and the entry from the registry when it gets executed.

I know this is a silly question to be ask

No, it's alright. The uninstaller is supposed to keep track of all application files, but for some reason it doesn't remove the bin and assets subdirectories. These dirs were "added" a while ago when the app-content packaging method chan…

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