Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/05/27/11:06:20
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Perhaps setup should offer to reboot for you, instead of popping up a
> dialog saying "in-use files were replaced"... Then the act of not
> rebooting will require clicking "No, I'll reboot later", or something. As
> much as I hate this feature of Windows installers, it is, perhaps, the
> right approach in this situation.
I too really hate installers that make you try to reboot.
> Setup could also prompt the user to stop the processes before replacing
> in-use files, instead of scheduling their replacement on-reboot. I've
> been meaning to look into it for a while -- perhaps one of those days I'll
> get a tuit (round or otherwise).
This I think is a good idea. If setup at least was able to determine if
services or other running programs were open before beginning, it could
offer a page saying, "Stop these processes or else you will probably
have to reboot. Continue?" In the case of services, it should offer to
stop and restart them as well.
Brian
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