IMPORTANT PATCH AND UPGRADE POSTED FOR FSWC USERS

[NickN]

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We identified a bug in the uninstaller part of FSWC. This bug will only affect you if you installed FSWC to a location other than the default location the installer provided, or, you did not provide a custom "individual" install folder for FSWC when browsed.

Let me preface this post by saying most users of FSWC are not affected by this issue and you can identify your situation by the descriptions provided below.

We have posted a new version of FSWC, v3.14 and a patch for everyone to use/upgrade to in order to resolve all issues around the problem.

* Please be aware that we have designed the patch instructions to cover everyone however those who installed FSWC to its default location are safe to uninstall FSWC using Add and Remove Programs and do not need the patch, simply uninstall FSWC v3.0 and then upgrade to v3.15.

* For those who installed FSWC to a place other than the default location, a patch has been posted at the FSWC website. The same patch is available inside the FSWC v3.15 update package as well.

* It is your choice as to which you prefer to download. One download link is the uninstall patch by itself should you wish to only uninstall FSWC and the other download includes the same patch along with a complete upgrade to version 3.15 which fixes the issue permanently.

* If you installed FSWC v3.0 (original release) by browsing to any location in which FSWC IS NOT installed in its own directory or you installed FSWC directly to the root directory of a hard drive, directly to the desktop or inside the FSX install folder you MUST RUN THE PATCH FIRST TO AVOID INCORRECT FILE DELETION ISSUES during upgrade.

* If you are not sure and simply wish to be safe in uninstalling FSWC v3.0 before upgrading, then it will not harm anything to use the patch before installing 3.15. Anyone can run the patch.


This patch will also offer the option for you to retain the profiles you may have made which the original uninstaller won't offer. The new version of FSWC (v3.15) will allow that

[vgbaron]

So, just to be sure I understand you correctly Nick - in my case, the installer wanted C:\ProgramFiles\FSWC and I browsed to E:\ProgramFiles\FSWC so since FSWC is in it's own folder, altho on a different drive, I should have no problem.

BTW, as an aside, when presented with a "C:\Programfiles...etc" in an edit box I usually just replace the C with an E and be done with it. The FSWC installer would not allow the inplace edit, I had to browse to E and manuallly create the FSWC folder.

Thanx to you, Ashton & Paul for some beautiful work!

Vic

[NickN]

So, just to be sure I understand you correctly Nick - in my case, the installer wanted C:\ProgramFiles\FSWC and I browsed to E:\ProgramFiles\FSWC so since FSWC is in it's own folder, altho on a different drive, I should have no problem.

BTW, as an aside, when presented with a "C:\Programfiles...etc" in an edit box I usually just replace the C with an E and be done with it. The FSWC installer would not allow the inplace edit, I had to browse to E and manuallly create the FSWC folder.

Thanx to you, Ashton & Paul for some beautiful work!

Vic

Vic if you have any concerns just run the patch to uninstall first.. that is the safe way to do it.. although your description does fit the bill for a 'safe' uninstall.

Changing the path manually in the text line is not supported. We may change that in the future. The upgrade resolves uninstall issues so no matter where you put it this time outside the default install location it will make a FS Water Configurator folder automatically.

[NickN]

I uploaded the new file to SimV and requested it be changed

The new version is 3.15