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Unity Hub can't remove old reference to removed preferred editor

Discussion in 'Unity Hub' started by v-ercart, Mar 5, 2019.

  1. v-ercart

    v-ercart

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    I deleted my UnityHub folder where I had all my editors installed (icky, gross, old versions full of remote code execution vulnerabilities). When I reopened Unity Hub I could remove all the references to those versions of Unity in the Installs tab except for my "preferred" engine version (2018.3.5f1). Even though that folder is long deleted, I can't remove it. I even installed a new version (2018.3.7), and set that to my preferred version, and I still can't remove the reference to 2018.3.5f1.
     
    v-ercart, Mar 5, 2019
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  2. afshinity

    afshinity

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    Hi there,
    Sorry for the inconvenience.
    We are removing the concept of "preferred" version from the hub in v2, and it probably fixes the issue.
    Meanwhile, I am wondering if that 2018.3.5f1 was installed with the hub, or it was installed and then located in the hub.
     
    afshinity, Mar 6, 2019
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  3. mikeburns

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    Up to now I've just been downloading the windows installer for each new version and installing in the same folder (C:\Program Files\Unity) as I don't really need multiple versions. I just now started using Unity Hub 1.6.1, and grabbed the latest 2018 version and it installed to C:\Program Files\Unity Hub\Editor\2018.3.13f. To manually uninstall the previous version (which I located within Unity Hub), can I just delete the folder C:\Program Files\Unity, or should I use the Windows Add/Remove Programs? Or if I don't care about having multiple versions running side by side, should I just continue overwriting the current install path? Or should I wait for Unity Hub v2 to uninstall previously manually installed versions?

    I also have another question: whenever installing a new version, I am prompted to install VisualStudio Code as well as Android SDK. I have installed and manage those versions manually (via VS Code and Android SDK Manager, respectively) so I just uncheck those boxes. Is there any potential for error here by installing/updating (or not) via the installer/Unity Hub?
     
    Last edited: Apr 25, 2019
    mikeburns, Apr 25, 2019
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  4. harrisrg

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    If someone on Mac Is here:

    Edit 
    ~/Library/Application Support/Unity Hub/editors.json
    and remove the entry.

    Wish I could thing about this before deleting everything else... There's no help available anywhere else.
     
    harrisrg, Sep 22, 2020
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