Bug 181142

Summary:	"Can't remove file" alert during install is confusing, should be Abort, Retry, Ignore
Product:	[Unmaintained] kde-windows	Reporter:	skierpage <info>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	KDE-Windows <windows-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	ralf.habacker
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	0.9.7-1
Sentry Crash Report:

Description skierpage 2009-01-18 05:47:22 UTC

Version:           0.9.4-1 (using Devel)
OS:                MS Windows
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When the kdewin installer can't install a package because a file is in use, it displays an alert
	Error
	Can't remove C:/path/to/file.exe
	[Cancel]

but if you click Cancel, the installer completes and indicates everything is fine.

A dialog that says [Cancel] yet installation continues leaves the user and the system in a confused state.

It would be better if the alert had three choices
  [Abort] [Retry] [Ignore]

Abort would exit the installer immediately, Retry would try again (allowing you to e.g., kill off the running process), and Ignore would continue, *but* the installer at the end should indicate that some files were not successfully updated.

Comment 1 Ralf Habacker 2013-01-22 10:20:13 UTC

With bug 181140 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181140 a feature has been implemented which kills all running kde processes before installing/removing any files. 
This reduces the amount of messages described in this bug very much.

Comment 2 Ralf Habacker 2017-03-24 17:02:46 UTC

In fact installing only happens if no KDE application including dbus-daemon is running from the related install directory.