[BUG]: Can't uninstall old application files

[TimPietrusky]

Describe the bug
When running the installer again after Captain was already installed, the installer doesn't finish. Instead it shows the message "Can't uninstall old application files" after some time.

Expected behavior
I can run the installer as many times as I want, especially when there is a new version of Captain and the setup completes.

Versions:

• OS: Windows 11
• Captain: v1.0.0-beta.9

[pixelass]

related?
electron-userland/electron-builder#5573

[pixelass]

related?
electron-userland/electron-builder#2363

[pixelass]

debug logging
electron-userland/electron-builder#5119

[pixelass]

I did some additional research and think this issue has actually been fixed by our new install mechanism.
While it will still affect versions prior our alpha branch, it doesn't seem to occur anymore.

Steps to take for any version that was tagged as "beta" (we have removed all those releases now, as we decided to restart from alpha) as beta was a premature decision.

1. Navigate to the folder where captain is installed e.g. C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Programs\captain
2. manually the folder
3. install the new latest version

From now on this issue should not happen anymore

Optional other method:
Please follow this guide: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uninstall-or-remove-apps-and-programs-in-windows-4b55f974-2cc6-2d2b-d092-5905080eaf98

Find Captain and uninstall the application

ℹ️ I'll close this as it cannot be reproduced anymore.

Please open a new issue if you encouter this problem. Feel free to comment here for help or even better, open a discussion on our GitHub Discussions for Captain

Thank you for your patience on this issue. It has been a nerve-wrecking journey to debug but we seem to have found the root cause (an error in our previous installation of the embedded python). We have since implemented a cleaner process and hope that the problem is now finally resolved