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To complete my "mea culpa" I must also say that the "remove previous versions" works perfectly.
Sorry again.

Uh-oh... I beg your pardon!
I removed the previous versions, but only on windows 10.
I just though to remove them on XP but, for some unknown reasons, I forgot to effectively do it...
In the installed app list there are still relics of 13, 14 and 15.
EDP is perfect!

So, instead, the "problem" is that XP always asks.
Not a real problem.

I updated EDP to the latest version.
Once again, XP asked me if I wanted to remove the previous version (16.0.0.7), windows 10 didn't.
If I got it well, the expected behaviour is what XP did, right?

The windows 10 registry, before the update, had this entry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft ...

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I haven't any new data.
My suspicion was that maybe I updated EDP while Win10 was performing a substantial update in the background, but I can't be certain.
We'll see in the future.

The log from Windows 10 has lines like this:

2025-03-26 17:45:21.010 [EDP]: Checking previous installation using Registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ExamDiff Pro 15.0_is1"

It shows that the setup was not able to find previous installations in ...

I'll need your test sample to debug.
It looks ridiculous, but the recent experience taught. :shock:
You can find it here attached.

Please use OS version along with the bitness, it's hard to follow sometimes.
Sorry, you're right. There are in the wild 32 bits versions that are quite different ...

Silly me!
The log file for Win10 was in the temp dir of the administrator, not in mine as a normal user.

It's supposed to show (and does) show targets for shortcuts and symbolic links:
Like here? :D (N.B. Win 10)
Clipboard01.jpg


You mean Windows XP, right? If so, targets are only available on Vista and up
Not surprising and expected. :wink:


What does the setup log have?
Please look ...

What is the "target" column supposed to show?
In the directory comparison that column is always empty, including the .lnk files.

N.B. In the 32 bit version the "target" column is not allowed.

P.S. Intalling v. 16.0.0.7 the 32 bits asked me if I wanted to remove the previous version (16.0.0.5), the ...

N.B. V. 16.0.0.7 too

Same problem again.
V. 16.0.0.5

psguru wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:14 pm The problem was not directly caused by the mode but by what the first byte was, and that changed because of the mode switch.

Go figure...
Thank you, as always.

That "in between" state, does it persist if you recompare? What about restarting EDP?

If we are talking about the 32 bit then, yes, it's perfectly repeatable and rock steady.
Something in my settings?

And I can tell you, again: did you see my screenshots? Do you need some more? No problem: how many? :lol:
Now, lets dig a bit.
I just noticed that, in the 64 bit, when I switch from one mode to the other the status bar is for some moments like in my binary screenshot, then becomes as in my byte-by ...