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While updating the latest emu I notice that the 500S version of Iolite has a remove software feature while the 7020S does not (although it is described as such in the software management section).

Although this has had no effect on the successful installation of the updated emu, I wondered if this difference in the two images was by design or if perhaps I have a corrupt image.

I just checked it, and there's really a "Remove software" in Software Management. For some reason a file is corrupted. Can you post /etc/software.xml here so we can check it?

To fix it: just remove /etc/software.xml and open Software Management again.

I just checked it, and there's really a "Remove software" in Software Management.

Also when nothing has been installed yet?

I just checked it, and there's really a "Remove software" in Software Management.

Also when nothing has been installed yet?

Yes, the "Remove software" is just a line in /etc/software.xml

Here are the contents of etc/software.xml:

<directory name="Standard Software Menu">
<!-- DM7020
-->
<update url="http://downloads.pli...oftware.tar.gz" target="/"/>
<comment name="This is standard an empty Menu."/>
<comment name="Download the latest Software Menu."/>
<separator/>
<execute name="Download latest menu" condition="[ ! -f /var/etc/ppanelautodownload ]" target="ppanelupdate.sh http://downloads.pli...software.tar.gz /; rm -f /tmp/ppanelrefresh" confirmation="Are you sure to download the latest menu?" quit="restart"/>
<execute name="Enable automatic menu downloads" condition="[ ! -f /var/etc/ppanelautodownload ]" target="touch /var/etc/ppanelautodownload; echo Automatic downloads enabled" quit="restart"/>
<execute name="Disable automatic menu downloads" condition="[ -f /var/etc/ppanelautodownload ]" target="rm -f /var/etc/ppanelautodownload; echo Automatic downloads disabled" quit="restart"/>
<separator/>
<tarball name="Manual install" version="any version" url="/tmp" target="/"/>
<separator/>
<comment name="For manual install, store"/>
<comment name="your .tar.gz file in /tmp"/>
</directory>

I just checked it, and there's really a "Remove software" in Software Management. For some reason a file is corrupted. Can you post /etc/software.xml here so we can check it?

To fix it: just remove /etc/software.xml and open Software Management again.

Removed software.xml and received prompt to download new file which was completed successfully.

The new (and much larger) software.xml file contains the "remove software" feature at line 460.

I was able to remove two older emu versions not detected previously.

Thanks for your help.

You just had to press "OK". The screen said:
This is standard an empty Menu.
Download the latest Software Menu.
Download latest menu

It would download the latest menu which also contains the "Remove software" entry. Maybe it's an idea to have this entry in this standard empty menu too.