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  1. Qt Installer Framework
  2. QTIFW-3578

Uninstalling Qt on W11 causes issues

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • 4.8.1
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    • Windows

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      I ran into this issue and finally took some time to poke around with fixing it. Something in the installer / uninstaller does not play nicely with Windows 11.

      The actual issue is in the "Select an app to open <file>" popup that occurs when you attempt to open a file on Windows and the extension/filetype is not associated with anything. Here is the example of what I see when Qt is freshly installed.

       

      Now, after uninstalling it, this is what happens to that same menu.

      To uninstall (since the uninstall feature is currently broken), I just ran `C:\Qt\MaintenanceTool.exe, --start-package-manager` and selected the uninstall checkbox.

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            nosjojo Justin Goodman
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