Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-04-11 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 30.03.2014 21:48, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: > > >>> You will always find a case when it can fail. if the user changes >>> something manually we will be >>> lost anyway. He might have deleted the uninstaller or removed LyX's >>> registry

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.03.2014 21:48, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: You will always find a case when it can fail. if the user changes something manually we will be lost anyway. He might have deleted the uninstaller or removed LyX's registry settings or whatever. This is like when you have problems with you c

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-30 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Uwe Stöhr schreef op 30-3-2014 17:15: Am 30.03.2014 12:54, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: Well, the clue was in the last sentence. I asked: "do I have to be a computer expert to install LyX again ?" Apparently, yes. I can't believe you don't want to ask the "average" LyX user to copy his prefe

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 30.03.2014 12:54, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: Well, the clue was in the last sentence. I asked: "do I have to be a computer expert to install LyX again ?" Apparently, yes. I can't believe you don't want to ask the "average" LyX user to copy his preferences, because he probably doesn't und

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-30 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
On Sunday, March 30, 2014, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 29.03.2014 10:48, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: > > This sounds like nonsense that installing 2.0.7 over 2.0.6 is ok, but >> installing over 2.0.7 suddenly >> leads to problems. >> > > Well, when you need to install LyX 2.0.7 over LyX 2.0.7 you

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-29 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 29.03.2014 10:48, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: This sounds like nonsense that installing 2.0.7 over 2.0.6 is ok, but installing over 2.0.7 suddenly leads to problems. Well, when you need to install LyX 2.0.7 over LyX 2.0.7 you apparently have a problem with LyX - otherwise you would no

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-29 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Uwe Stöhr schreef op 29-3-2014 4:46: Am 28.03.2014 22:20, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: Can you please remove this feature that you cannot install LyX if the installer thinks it is already installed ? This was once added by user request. The idea and consensus was that one can install e.g.

Re: Win installer: cannot install if already installed

2014-03-28 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Am 28.03.2014 22:20, schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn: Can you please remove this feature that you cannot install LyX if the installer thinks it is already installed ? This was once added by user request. The idea and consensus was that one can install e.g. 2.0.7 over LyX 1.5.x until 2.0.6 but