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5 VOTE
Status SUBMITTED
Categories Commercial Apps (Windows)
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 21, 2020

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Auto Uninstall Old Ghost Script

unfortunately the old Ghostscript version is not removed during an update

The Uninstall Command is Version specific Uninstall - "C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.23\uninstgs.exe" /S

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    • Claudio Mendes
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      |       Apr 27, 2020

      yes we need this this... i think pdfcreator has a similar issue with uninstall sometimes being named 001 or some other random number

    • Pepijn Vermeersch
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      |       Apr 21, 2020

      here is the file

      Remove-GPL_Ghos...
      Remove-GPL_Ghostscript.ps1
       Remove-GPL_Ghostscript.ps1
    • Pepijn Vermeersch
      Reply
      |       Apr 21, 2020

      I have modified the script PmPC uses for Java

      I did the same for R for Windows.

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    Uninstall previous versions of some applications (like done for Java)

    Some applications don't uninstall previous versions when upgrading, so all old versions remain on the machine just like for Java client before the Patch My PC defined pre/post script exist * GPL Ghostscript * R for Windows probably other applica...
    Pepijn Vermeersch over 5 years ago in Patch My PC Publisher 3 SUBMITTED