[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3791: (windows): qgis trunk/osgeo4w crashes if "HKCU\Software\QuantumGIS" is removed from registry (was: (windows): qgis trunk/osgeo4w, vectors are added with old symbology)

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#3791: (windows): qgis trunk/osgeo4w crashes if "HKCU\Software\QuantumGIS" is
removed from registry
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   Reporter:  lutra                                      |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                                        |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Symbology                                  |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:                                             |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  Windows                                    |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  1                                          |  
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Changes (by lutra):

  * priority:  minor: annoyance => critical: causes crash or data
               corruption


Comment:

 > > By the way, activating the option and adding a vector causes qgis to
 crash.
 > > Does not happen on osgeo4w/1.6
 >
 > On any layer?


 > Only if you removed HKCU\Software\QuantumGIS in the registry.

 re-installing osgeo4w fixes the problem, so I'm not sure this can be
 classified as bug.

 I guess that someone can always make a "house cleaning" deleting also that
 registry keys, so it would probably better so fix it somewhere in the
 future. In any case I'll leave it to you.



 >

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3791#comment:5>
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