Feedback "Uninstall" never completes due to screwed up permissions during install

I installed Unity 2018.4.4f1 through the HUB a while ago. Today I wanted to uninstall it, because I just installed a newer version.

I hit the 2018.4.4f1 "Uninstall" button in the "..." drop-down and Unity HUB started to uninstall. After about an hour and still uninstalling, I thought something doesn't seem right here. A regular uninstall through the "uninstaller.exe" normally takes maybe a minute.

Looking at the installation directory shows HUB uninstalled everything than two .h files.




Trying to delete the file through Windows Explorer shows this issue:



I'm a local admin on this PC though. Whatever Unity HUB installed earlier, seemed to have messed up permissions.

Checking the permissions for the file shows:



Clicking the "Continue" buttons shows:



Is this a known issue? Can I expect that future HUB versions fix those permission issues of earlier installed Unity versions?

 

You don't say what modules you installed with it.

 

I just installed Unity 2018.4.4f1 twice (through the download archive page since it's not in the Hub) and deinstalled it twice as well: not one problem with the files you mention; nothing remains after deinstallation.

I'm the admin of my computer, running on Windows 7 SP1, up to date.

Maybe you need to make sure your Windows is not broken and verify your F drive.

 

Thanks for your reply and help!

I installed the "Windows Build Support (IL2CPP)" module only. I'm using Windows 10.

Hmm I see, it's worth a try. Thanks for the tip! If a new 2018.4 version is released, I uninstall the current one and then see if it causes the same issue.

 

I'm going to try again after installing this module. It could be the culprit.

Edit: you should install 2018.4.4f1 without that module and see what happens when you deinstall it.

 

Done! Nothing remaining behind after deinstallation. I still think it's a Windows permissions problem.

 

The question is for @Peter77; he said: