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‎Oct 31, 2006
03:37 PM
During Uninstall Replace files that were moved
Is there an easy to replace files that you moved into another directory during install?
Currently one of my installs (update) creates a backup directory and copies a file (test.txt) into it before the new version of test.txt is installed. During the uninstall I would like to have the original test.txt put back in it's original directory. Has anyone else done this? I have a feeling it's fairly simple I just cannot find out how to do it. :confused:
Thanks,
Currently one of my installs (update) creates a backup directory and copies a file (test.txt) into it before the new version of test.txt is installed. During the uninstall I would like to have the original test.txt put back in it's original directory. Has anyone else done this? I have a feeling it's fairly simple I just cannot find out how to do it. :confused:
Thanks,
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‎Nov 06, 2006
01:55 PM
I believe you could just add a Custom Action in the Uninstallation Sequence to move the file back!!!
Tom
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‎Nov 07, 2006
10:13 AM
Yeah that's what I ended up doing, and it works on Windows, I'm having some issues with Solaris and IRIX though.
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‎Nov 09, 2006
07:56 AM
I figured out the problem on my Unix installs, I had a / going the wrong way and it was causing the whole thing to fail. :mad: Oh well at least I found the issue and it now works.