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Re: Cannot remove zlib.pyd when uninstalling

From: Snjezana Sevo-Zenzerovic <Snjezana.Sevo-Zenzerovic_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:06:36 -0700

Sorry, this time with correct dev_at_updatecenter alias...

Snjezana Sevo-Zenzerovic wrote:

> Unless you changed any of the updatetool default settings, updatetool
> notifier process would automatically get registered with the desktop
> and run as soon as you either installed Prelude or bootstrapped
> updatetool utility. GF Prelude uninstaller will unregister notifier
> startup, but it seems that this does not also stop already running
> notifier process so files which are in use will not get properly
> uninstalled. If this is the case, you should see updatetool.exe and
> python.exe process in the process list of the Task Manager.
>
> FWIW, zlib.pyd is legitimate part of python installation used to run
> updatetool and pkg clients, cc-ing dev_at_updatecenter alias if you have
> any further questions on this aspect of your problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Snjezana
>
>
>
> glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> At one moment I tried to reinstall the Glassfishv3-prelude server. I
>> ran the uninstall.exe, but after doing so, I could not delete the
>> install map, because of the file
>> <as-install>\pkg\python2.4-minimal\DLLs\zlib.pyd, which was still in
>> use. Restarting my computer did not fix this.
>>
>> If you google zlib.pyd, you find a lot of spyware-related hits, but
>> also a lot which makes me believe that it is a genuine part of
>> Python, whatever that is. So I am not sure what to make of it.
>>
>> I renamed my old as-install map, and installed glassfish again. After
>> this I was able to delete the old as-install map, but now there is a
>> zlib.pyd at the same location in the new as-install map. It seems to
>> have got there the moment I registered the server, it wasn't there
>> before that.
>> Is pkg\python2.4-minimal\DLLs\zlib.pyd a normal part of glassfishv3,
>> and if that is so, why can't uninstall.exe get rid of it?
>>
>> Best regards, Dries Knottnerus
>> [Message sent by forum member 'driesknottnerus' (driesknottnerus)]
>>
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