Nuked my keyfiles

Moritz Bartl tor at wiredwings.com
Sun May 23 09:40:40 UTC 2010


> It was my fault. In the Windows uninstall utility, you get asked which
> components you want to remove. If you expand "Tor" and "Vidalia",
> there's a separate checkbox under each for "Application Data", which
> removes the Tor and Vidalia directories from %homepath%\Application
> Data, respectively. I didn't expand these options in my hasty uninstall,
> not thinking about my keyfiles, and they're checked by default for a
> "complete" uninstall. Oops.

I consider this a "bug". Uninstall should leave your keyfiles behind 
unless the user explicitly confirms it.

-- 
Moritz Bartl
GPG 0xED2E9B44
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