Uninstall files that were installed by a wisescript

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ido
September 30th, 2009

Hi,

I am tring to find a way to uninstall files that were installed by a wisescript.
How can I do it.

When I uninstall the MSI, these files stay and I want them to be removed.

Appriciate for Idea.

Thanks, Ido

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philbenson
7 weeks 4 days ago

As the files

were not installed by the MSI, they are not automatically de-installed. You should use the removefiles table, or create a (WiseScript) custom action that carries out any clean up on de-installation.

Just my tuppence

Cheers
Phil

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EdT
7 weeks 3 days ago

Was the Wisescript part of the MSI?

As Phil stated, unless the MSI actually installed the files, then they do not get automatically removed when the MSI is uninstalled.
In other words, the MSI is NOT aware of what happens in a custom action, and therefore it is up to you to create an uninstall custom action for any custom action that installs files or makes other changes that need to be reversed at uninstall.

If your situation only requires the removal of files at uninstall, then Phil's suggestion is the best way forward. If you choose to use a custom action to clean up at uninstall, the condition on the custom action should be REMOVE="ALL"  (all caps). The Install custom action, I assume, already has the condition "Not Installed" so that it runs only on first install.

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