Ben Dimick wrote:
I hope I'm coming to the right place for this. I installed OpenSSL on my Vista box and found after I uninstalled that SSL no longer worked on any of my apps besides Firefox (https on I.E., WebEx, etc). I found this odd, but I haven't yet found a way to fix it. Is this something easy I've simply missed or something more serious?
Win32 OpenSSL precompiled binary installer? If so, I'm probably the right person to talk to.
Internet Explorer breaking on uninstall of OpenSSL is pretty strange since IE, and more specifically, Windows uses the Crypto API that comes with Windows and OpenSSL has absolutely nothing to do with either one. Uninstalling OpenSSL actually intentionally leaves behind the DLLs because some laptop wireless card software (*cough*...Intel...*wheeze*) has some stupid dependency on OpenSSL (typically some ancient version is overwritten during install) even though it isn't necessary. Besides it isn't a terribly great idea to just pull out those DLLs on uninstall when the user has no clue what other apps. might break.
So, I really have no idea what is going on. Since this is the first time I've heard of this problem, I strongly suspect it is something else. Especially given the odd applications not working that don't even use OpenSSL at all. If uninstalling OpenSSL caused the problem, maybe reinstalling it will "fix" the problem, which would be equally weird and would definitely need looking into. I mean, it can't hurt - right? What is the worst that could happen? (Famous last words...)
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