Removing regkeys on uninstall
I have packaged an app that after uninstall leaves quite a few regkeys. What is the best way to remove these on uninstall? I think I could do this with a custom action, but was wandering if there was another method. e.g. "RemoveRegistry" table?
Cheers, Mike.
Cheers, Mike.
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Posted by:
jonasm
17 years ago
Hi Mike!
RemoveRegistry is supposed to work. I have never tried it myself tho, but in RemoveFile you can set files (with wildchar) that you want to delete on uninstall.
/Jonas
RemoveRegistry is supposed to work. I have never tried it myself tho, but in RemoveFile you can set files (with wildchar) that you want to delete on uninstall.
/Jonas
Posted by:
AngelD
17 years ago
If the applications write registry that isn't added to the msi then they will be left alone.
Registry in the RemoveRegistry table will only be removed during installation and NOT on uninstall
Registry in the RemoveRegistry table will only be removed during installation and NOT on uninstall
Posted by:
bheers
17 years ago
Under the regkey you want to be removed on uninstall, create a new key and change that to "Create Empty key and delete subkeys on uninstall", it would change the key to "*" after you click ok
and also
go to Registry table and replace "+" with "*".
and also
go to Registry table and replace "+" with "*".
Posted by:
AngelD
17 years ago
OR add a custom action that executes "REG DELETE <KeyPath>" with condition REMOVE="ALL".
ex. "REG DELETE HKLM\Software\MyPackage\RegKey /f"
ex. "REG DELETE HKLM\Software\MyPackage\RegKey /f"
Posted by:
Meic
17 years ago
Thanks for your replies - I went for bheers suggestion of creating new blank key with remove on uninstall option. Worked a treat...
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