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Re: [Pharo-users] [Pharo-Launcher] call for tests on Windows

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Richard Sargent

Re: [Pharo-users] [Pharo-Launcher] call for tests on Windows

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The good news is that the same version of Pharo Launcher worked essentially perfectly under Windows 10.

As expected, the launcher was installed in AppData\Local.

However, I continue to find an AppData\Roaming\pharo directory created when the launcher was installed. Its contents are as I described in the issue created for the Windows 7 installation.

Suggestion:

Some of the lists are quite long. It might be useful to be able to sort them by e.g. name or date of last change, both ascending and descending.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Richard Sargent <[hidden email]> wrote:

I ran the launcher against my Windows 7 office computer and have created an issue with my feedback.
https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-launcher/issues/93

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Christophe Demarey <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi,

Regarding the various problems Pharo Launchers had on Windows, we worked on a new installer based on Advanced Installer [1] to avoid UAC (User Account Control) and write permissions problems. This new installer now installs Pharo Launcher in the user’s local app data folder (where for sure, he has write permissions). Pharo Launcher also now have its own icon and use its own name instead of Pharo. Also, the uninstaller now works as expected. Last but not least, the installer is now signed to avoid warning of Windows Defender.
Thanks to Ben Coman who did the first version of the packaging using Advanced Installer (was NSIS).
This version should also improve the launch of Pharo images on Windows.

So, please could you install and test this new version: and report any problem with it? http://files.pharo.org/pharo-launcher/win-alpha/
We do not have windows users around so it’s hard to know if it works outside our tests boxes.

Thanks,
Christophe

[1] https://www.advancedinstaller.com/