Windows: Maintenancetool complaining about already running other instances
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Hi
when trying to uninstall a program via settings->Apps&Features
I'm getting the message "maintenancetool already running" multiple times.Actually I'm trying to uninstall a program launcher (using its own maintenance tool),
that itself needs to uninstall other programs (it has installed before) by using
maintenancetool of that other installed programs.How can I do a "recursive" de-installation of programs using maintenancetool?
Is there a way to make maintenancetool aware of - so do say - other versions or instances belonging to different programs so it does not complain about the others? -
@jklo said in Windows: Maintenancetool complaining about already running other instances:
Actually I'm trying to uninstall a program launcher (using its own maintenance tool)
Where is the relation to Qt?!
I doubt you use the Qt Maintenance Tool to uninstall a 3rd party app ;-) -
well, thought it is clear that we're talking about all qt apps with QtIFw unless noted otherwise ....
... but that's my fault .... :-DAnyhow ...
we are not (de)installing 3rd parties with that little launcher:
We're just dealing with our cross platform Linux and Windows apps: all QT - packaged with QtIFW !But let me get a little bit more detailed:
Actually the launcher is just a little app downloaded via browser.
After it's installed it offers the user the possibility to download and install a (main) QT app from different hosts.
The "main" apps are actually independent executables packaged with all required libs.
After launcher has installed the app, the app can (=must) be started from the launcher.
(There's no app icon in start menu neither in Apps&Features for those programs)If not required anymore, the "main" app can be deinstalled from within the launcher.
This is perfectly working well so far - on Linux and Windows host
Anyhow, if the user decides for a complete de-installation, all stuff must be removed: the launcher itself
and every app that has been installed by the launcher (which it keeps track off).Unfortunately, it seems like it is not possible to have multiple instances of maintenancetool running in parallel
for completely independent apps/installations on the same windows host.
