Uninstall does not try to remove service when component is not in root [INSTALLDIR]
Hello all,
My installer (basic MSI) installs a windows service. It's implemented in a component (Shared=No, Permanent = No). If this component resides in the [INSTALLDIR] - when I remove the service it's stopped and removed. (I defined the control Events for install/stop/remove)
When I move the component file to a different dir (sub-directory of INSTALLDIR) the uninstall/stop will not work. Installshield doesn't even try to do it - it just ignores removal altogether. I tried to remove and create the compoennt from scratch and it didn't help either. I'm clueless...
I kept on checking and it's clear that If I move the service file to the [INSTALLDIR] (out of the subdirectory) it will uninstall just fine. I need to have it in a subdirectory so I need to understand why it won't work when I move it back to [INSTALLDIR]\subdirectory
Thanks!
dany@sec.do wrote: Hello all,
My installer (basic MSI) installs a windows service. It's implemented in a component (Shared=No, Permanent = No). If this component resides in the [INSTALLDIR] - when I remove the service it's stopped and removed. (I defined the control Events for install/stop/remove)
When I move the component file to a different dir (sub-directory of INSTALLDIR) the uninstall/stop will not work. Installshield doesn't even try to do it - it just ignores removal altogether. I tried to remove and create the compoennt from scratch and it didn't help either. I'm clueless...
I am not sure if this is the issue, but could it be a permissions issue where the sub folder does not have appropriate rights and the parent folder does?
Another idea is the sub directory, is it a value that is somehow derived during the first install but could be lost during the uninstall? I highly doubt this is the issue because most of the time our sub directories derive directly from [INSTALLDIR].
