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Not really a bug - but something that might be looked into.
« on: March 07, 2006, 01:21:41 pm »
I like to call it "idiot-proofing".

I was trying to run the game and accidentally slipped and went too far on the start menu.

The game uninstalled, just like I inadvertantly told it to.

We might want to add a check in there before running the uninstall (something like "Are you sure you want to uninstall this application? - Ok/Cancel").
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Re: Not really a bug - but something that might be looked into.
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2006, 02:14:35 pm »
Agreed...personally, I REALLY like stuff that checks with you first.

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Re: Not really a bug - but something that might be looked into.
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2006, 03:15:51 pm »
Dave and I were talking about it, and yes, that's a good idea. If you would like to see it in the next release, please, figure out how to do it with NSIS (just look it up, you don't have to understand it.)

Right now, I don't know if we're going to have time to put it in (three tests this week, AND bunches of stuff to do next wekk AND I'm pushing to get networking done this dev cycle.... so yeah, if anyone could look this up for us, it would be great.

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Re: Not really a bug - but something that might be looked into.
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2006, 06:49:42 pm »
I really am not sure...but this was the closest thing I found: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=68d1dbb5e6198688e7b407f2761594d4&postid=910044

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Re: Not really a bug - but something that might be looked into.
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2006, 11:35:12 am »
hmmm... well next week I'm in OKC with highspeed. I just have to figure out how to get my coputer there...

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Re: Not really a bug - but something that might be looked into.
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2006, 06:53:29 pm »
I, on the other hand, will be in California on a mission trip with my church, so I'll be out of commission all next week. I'll let y'all know how it goes, though. :)
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