Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
#10813 closed Bug report (wontfix)
Updating to latest version trashed FZ installation
| Reported by: | DaveBerk | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | FileZilla Client |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Component version: | not available--see text for exe date | Operating system type: | Windows |
| Operating system version: | Win 7 Pro |
Description
Win 7 Pro. A few minutes ago, I clicked the "New version available" button from within FZ and followed the prompts. Things progressed in an orderly way until the prompt that told me a FileZilla exe was still running and that all running FZ apps should be exited before updating. There was no *visible* FZ exe running at that point, and I'm sorry to say (as I had had no trouble with preceding updates initiated AT START-UP of FZ and hence wasn't paying much attention to the update process) I don't recall what the choices were, but whatever I chose has resulted in my entire FZ installation being deleted except for the exe file (dated 2/29/16).
So this method of updating (from the BUTTON) appears to not kill the running FZ.
No back-up, my fault.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
comment:2 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
In most cases, program freezes are being caused by deadlocks in third-party shell extensions that are loaded into FileZilla's address space as result of having called a shell function (e.g. getting a file icon).
The installer detects if the program is still running and displays a warning. If ignored, a corrupt installation can be the result, especially if any following errors are ignored.
Settings are stored independently of FileZilla in the user's profile directory at %APPDATA%/FileZilla
The installer does not touch the profile directories.
A happy note: I just reinstalled FZ from scratch and discovered my settings were somehow preserved (registry?). That's a relief.