Installer bug & question

[redusr]

@ts678

2.0 in-application updates leave the install alone, keeping updates elsewhere.

@JonMikelV

Windows
a. C:\ProgramData\Duplicati\updates (most Windows service instances)
b. C:\Users\<Duplicati user account>\AppData\Local\Duplicati\updates\ (most Windows user / tray-icon instances)

I’m glad to hear that, in my case the updates were installed to the former path a. (ProgramData).

@ts678

@redusr

The “wrong” shortcut destination of the start menu shortcut

Wrong how and when? Barring bugs and fallout from the mishap, I’d have thought installing 2.1 would produce a shortcut to its newer Duplicati in its normal location.

Some things can be deconfigured, e.g. start at login, but I think menu is mandatory (I’m not an installer dev, but you’re also talking to someone who seems to know it).

When I used the Windows context menu Open file location feature on the shortcut, it led me to the original installation directory duplicati-2.0.6.3_beta_2021-06-17.

@ts678

If you mean old shortcut to 2.0.6.3, its date could be checked for hints as to maker.

My first reaction after realizing there is an “old” installation was to delete the shortcut pointing to it to avoid further mess by accidental execution of it, so that mystery might stay unresolved.

@ts678

@redusr

There were at least no warnings when running an existing backup job right after updating to 2.1.0.5_stable.

If you have other jobs, it might be safest to at least sanity check health a little bit.
Unless you have to do things like connect a drive, Verify files takes seconds.
This will update the job database version (probably leave a new .bak file), and do some DB self-tests, and probably about three file downloads from the destination.

Your inspection and one backup seem good, some perceived worries might not be abnormal, given the 2.0 design (old shortcut is a mystery), so you’re probably fine.

Verify files was successful with no warnings or errors, so I’m confident that everything is fine. Thank you for your support!