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Subject: RE: Silent install of tomcat 4.1.31 on windows fails
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:46:15 -0700
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Thread-Topic: Silent install of tomcat 4.1.31 on windows fails
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From: <ehawkes@sonicwall.com>
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Hi Mark,=20

Thanks for letting me know. =20

I am trying to work around the problem with tomcat=20
not appearing in the list of programs in=20
Windows Control Panel Add or Remove Programs. =20

What I tried is explained below.  However, it isn't=20
completely successful.  I think the problem has=20
something to do with tomcat running as a service. =20
Details follow:=20


Here are the applicable knowledge base articles for=20
adding or removing uninstallers to the=20
Windows Control Panel Add or Remove Programs.=20

Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314481

Windows 2000 Server (seems to be the same reg keys)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247501=20

I added three registry keys in=20
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\A
pache Tomcat 4.1=20

(Default)           (value not set)=20
DisplayName         Apache Tomcat 4.1 (remove only)=20
UninstallString     <full path to the tomcat uninstall .exe file>

After adding these registry keys, Apache Tomcat appeared=20
in the Windows Control Panel Add or Remove Programs list. =20
Choosing it did run the tomcat uninstaller, but it was=20
not really successful in uninstalling tomcat. =20
=20
The uninstaller could not remove the tomcat root directory,=20
and left about half the subdirectories inside.  It did remove=20
the files in the tomcat root directory, including the=20
uninstaller, though. :-(  After the uninstall finished, the=20
tomcat service was still running.=20

Stopping the tomcat service and deleting the tomcat directory=20
by hand did not finish the job.  After rebooting, the tomcat=20
service was still running.  I had to reinstall tomcat (making=20
sure to install it as a service) and then uninstall it by=20
double-clicking the uninstaller exe.=20

I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that I=20
don't install tomcat as a service?  After tomcat has been=20
installed, our installer runs the tomcat.exe (Alexandria=20
Software Consulting) to make it into a service. =20

If this sounds plausible, can you tell me how the tomcat=20
uninstaller knows that tomcat is running as a service, and=20
what it does to deal with that?  Perhaps I can still fix=20
this up myself. =20

Thanks,=20

Eric=20


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Thomas [mailto:markt@apache.org]=20
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:34 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Silent install of tomcat 4.1.31 on windows fails

ehawkes@sonicwall.com wrote:
> Hi,=20
>=20
> Thanks for the confirmation.  I also tested with=20
> 4.1.32 beta and had the same experience. =20
>=20
> I filed bug 40171 about this issue.=20
> http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D40171=20
>=20
> I'm new to this list.  Is there much likelihood of=20
> this getting fixed post-beta for 4.1.32, or is the beta=20
> really considered the release candidate?=20
>=20
> Thanks,=20
>=20
> Eric=20

The fix is in progress and will be included in the 4.1.33 release. I
don't have any plans for a 4.1.33 release at the moment. When I get
around to calling the stability vote for 4.1.32 I don't as yet see any
reason for it not to be stable. Others may, of course, have other
views - that is why we vote ;)

Mark

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