# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows \`hermes uninstall\` leftover files and wrapper cleanup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #34185: \[Bug\]: \`hermes uninstall\` does not work on Windows
- PR #124812: fix(uninstall): robust rmtree with retries for Windows leftovers (#34185) (salvage of #34364)

These items center on \`hermes uninstall\` on Windows, with a bug report that it does not work and several pull requests proposing more robust directory removal (retries) and removal of .cmd/.exe wrappers. All reference the same issue (#34185); one is described as a salvage of another PR (#34364).

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #34185: \[Bug\]: \`hermes uninstall\` does not work on Windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34364: fix(uninstall): robust rmtree with retries fixes Windows leftover files (#34185)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124812`
- **#50455: fix(tools): remove .cmd/.exe wrappers during Windows uninstall (#34185)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `35fce7699ef61eb11963a498c5489b4e7c7a508b`
- **#124812: fix(uninstall): robust rmtree with retries for Windows leftovers (#34185) (salvage of #34364)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fd6a6fbf2e`, `#34185`
  - files: `hermes_cli/uninstall.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_robust_rmtree_uninstall.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`