1.90: if Shell Extension is already in use, it can't be

klumy · Post by **klumy** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:21 pm

Bug 1.90: if Shell Extension is already in use from earlier version of xnview, it can't be installed during the normal installation process.

Post by **xnview** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:22 am

klumy wrote:Bug 1.90: if Shell Extension is already in use from earlier version of xnview, it can't be installed during the normal installation process.

You uninstall it berfore installing last version...

klumy · Post by **klumy** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:32 pm

I see
maybe there could be a feature to auto. deinstall it during the setup routine

would be much more comfortable for the user

foxyshadis · Post by **foxyshadis** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:54 pm

In the installer, you can always add these steps to the script:

taskkill /f /fi explorer.exe
<unregister>
explorer.exe

Taskkill only exists on xp by default though, so it'd have to be an xp-only segment. Alternately, you could just stuff the HKLM\...\RunOnce key with a batch file to do the copy/register, like most installers do, and tell the user the new shell extension will be finished after a reboot.

(Or you could always bundle a tool to search all processes for references to the file, and forcibly close that file handle; less intrusive on the user, if a bit less stable.)

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1.90: if Shell Extension is already in use, it can't be

1.90: if Shell Extension is already in use, it can't be

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