Windows users of KDE applications: Do not uninstall.exe
The KDE Project has issued a Security Advisory which states that removal of KDE software which was installed using non-default parameters can result in random user data being deleted. KDE-related "uninstall.exe" files created before Julty 10th, 2019 have this problem.
Many KDE applications like Krita, kdenlive and KDE Connect have a larger user-base on other platforms like Windows than they do on GNU/Linux. The Windows versions of KDE applications tend to share common Windows-specific code and the installer is one example. The installer (and uninstaller) shipped with KDE software before July 10th have a "small" problem.
"When a Windows KDE Application was installed using some non-default parameters (local install only, using a custom install folder), the application uninstaller was deleting all user data in the nstallation folder.
For example, if installed in the user's "Documents" folder (i.e. not in "Documents/ApplicationName" but directly in "Documents"), the uninstaller would remove the whole "Documents" folder instead of just the files added when installing."
The KDE team advises that Windows users of KDE software should not use "uninstall.exe" in KDE applications created before July 10th. Users should instead manual eradicate all installed files and folders used by unwanted KDE applications.
This issues does, of course, not affect GNU/Linux users.
KDE applications built after July 10th have a fix by German hacker Hannah von Reth (blog/github).
published 2019-07-21 - last edited 2019-07-21
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