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Jul 01, 2010
01:39 PM
Installer not writing Installshield_{GUID} registry key.
Hello.
My installer builds and installs fine however my company never used the windows installer built in methods for handing removal of old versions. As such, I need to parse the registry to find GUIDS and uninstall strings.
This works pretty well however I recently ran into a problem where the Installshield_{GUID} registry key is not getting created. This is the key that contains the uninstall string which I need to execute the uninstall sequence. I know of no settings that would effect this key in this way. Does anyone have a clue?
Rob
My installer builds and installs fine however my company never used the windows installer built in methods for handing removal of old versions. As such, I need to parse the registry to find GUIDS and uninstall strings.
This works pretty well however I recently ran into a problem where the Installshield_{GUID} registry key is not getting created. This is the key that contains the uninstall string which I need to execute the uninstall sequence. I know of no settings that would effect this key in this way. Does anyone have a clue?
Rob
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Jul 01, 2010
05:33 PM
Is this an InstallScript MSI project? If it's InstallScript MSI or pure InstallScript, does the value of UNINSTALLKEY (InstallScript variable) display anything different?