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‎Jan 08, 2008
11:34 PM
Removing a software which is not an msi
Hi,
I am new to packaging and i am stuck at a point. I am doing a package for an application and it must uninstall the already installed version of that product which is not an msi....can it be done by performing some custom action?? or is there any other way to do that.
can anyone plz help me out.
Thanks in advance
Karti
I am new to packaging and i am stuck at a point. I am doing a package for an application and it must uninstall the already installed version of that product which is not an msi....can it be done by performing some custom action?? or is there any other way to do that.
can anyone plz help me out.
Thanks in advance
Karti
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‎Jan 09, 2008
02:05 AM
you can create a custom action to handle the following items:
1. check if the old product exist or not? (identify it according to some file version or registry)
2. if yes, delete the old product(delete the all installed files and registry directly)
1. check if the old product exist or not? (identify it according to some file version or registry)
2. if yes, delete the old product(delete the all installed files and registry directly)
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‎Jan 09, 2008
05:06 PM
Thanks for the reply...
The problem is I don't have the version or registry values of that application:confused::mad: . I just know some files that exist..so can i perform a system search and then if it is found...can i invoke the uninstall.exe in that folder??
The problem is I don't have the version or registry values of that application:confused::mad: . I just know some files that exist..so can i perform a system search and then if it is found...can i invoke the uninstall.exe in that folder??
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‎Jan 10, 2008
12:03 PM
can some one suggest me the way to do that...
I found in some previous forums and they said that by writing a VBScript we can do that...but i don't have knowledge about that....can someone let me know where I can get the VBScript for my problem....
Thanks
Wisent
I found in some previous forums and they said that by writing a VBScript we can do that...but i don't have knowledge about that....can someone let me know where I can get the VBScript for my problem....
Thanks
Wisent
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‎Jan 10, 2008
02:42 PM
kwisent wrote:
Thanks for the reply...
The problem is I don't have the version or registry values of that application:confused::mad: . I just know some files that exist..so can i perform a system search and then if it is found...can i invoke the uninstall.exe in that folder??
You could check for the install string under HLKM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and run the uninstall string commandline from there.
reg, Henno
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