Uninstall program removes other softwares' startup entries

Barry Schmidt

I am using the latest version of BoxCryptor (BoxCryptor_v1.5.406.139). Today I discovered a potentially very serious bug of the uninstall program. Steps to reproduce:

1. Install BoxCryptor v1.5.406.139 on Windows XP SP3.
2. Uninstalled BoxCryptor using Start Menu -> BoxCryptor -> Uninstall
3. Observe that any of the following startup entries in HKLM\Run, if present, will be incorrectly removed by the uninstall process. This is a potentially serious bug.

Startup Name Program Path
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TPKMAPMN C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\Utilities\TpKmapMn.exe
SandboxieControl "C:\Program Files\Sandboxie\SbieCtrl.exe"
ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe

Robert

Hi Barry,

Thank you very much for this bug report. Our uninstaller did indeed remove too many autostart entries from the registry and we've immediately released a new version with a fix for this bug. Please download it here:

https://www.boxcryptor.com/download/BoxCryptor_v1.5.407.140_Setup.exe

If you "overwrite" the existing installation, the setup will replace the old uninstaller with the fixed one.

--Robert