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‎Apr 11, 2008
10:08 AM
Deinstall taking away too many files
I'm working in 2008 in a pure installscript project. I am creating an additional piece to our product installation. The idea is - the applicaiton will be installed, a customer will buy this portion as an add-on. It installs fine, but when I uninstall it, it takes the original installation files as well. How do I prevent this?
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‎Apr 15, 2008
02:17 PM
Now when I uninstall- it takes the entire contents of the previous seperate installation of our main product - not just the pieces added in with the seperate add-on installation.
Anyone have an idea of how I could correct this?
Thanks
Anyone have an idea of how I could correct this?
Thanks
retzcat wrote:
I'm working in 2008 in a pure installscript project. I am creating an additional piece to our product installation. The idea is - the applicaiton will be installed, a customer will buy this portion as an add-on. It installs fine, but when I uninstall it, it takes the original installation files as well. How do I prevent this?
Thanks
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‎Apr 15, 2008
02:52 PM
Does the add-on project use the same Product GUID value (in General Information > Product Properties)? Is there a separate entry in Add or Remove Programs for the add-on?
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‎Apr 17, 2008
02:27 PM
Good question. I don't believe so.. Let me look......
Nope- Different GUIDs... Double checked in the registry..
And other ideas why this would happen?
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Nope- Different GUIDs... Double checked in the registry..
And other ideas why this would happen?
Thanks
RobertDickau wrote:
Does the add-on project use the same Product GUID value (in General Information > Product Properties)? Is there a separate entry in Add or Remove Programs for the add-on?
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‎Apr 17, 2008
02:37 PM
Is there a separate entry in Add or Remove Programs for the add-on? How are you performing the uninstall?
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‎Apr 17, 2008
02:46 PM
Sorry - Yes there is a seperate entry in the Add/Remove Programs....
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RobertDickau wrote:
Is there a separate entry in Add or Remove Programs for the add-on? How are you performing the uninstall?
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‎Apr 17, 2008
02:59 PM
How are you performing the uninstall?
Also, you might snoop inside the .ilg uninstall log file for the base and add-on products, after both are installed, to see what inadvertent overlap there might be...
Also, you might snoop inside the .ilg uninstall log file for the base and add-on products, after both are installed, to see what inadvertent overlap there might be...
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‎Apr 17, 2008
03:30 PM
I think I found a solution.. I changed the OnUninstall() to call FeatureRemoveAllInLogOnly(); ANd the other files were not removed...
Thanks for all the help Robert!
Retz
Thanks for all the help Robert!
Retz
RobertDickau wrote:
How are you performing the uninstall?
Also, you might snoop inside the .ilg uninstall log file for the base and add-on products, after both are installed, to see what inadvertent overlap there might be...
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‎Apr 17, 2008
03:30 PM
Great news---thanks for the follow-up.
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