Hi,

My software ABC creating folders ABC in instaling directory.

When i uninstalling folders and some of the files like config and some dlls not removing from that directory.

Because of these cause next time when installing files are not over write on this folder.

Is there any way or idea to remove whole folders from that directory while uninstalling the our software?


Thanks in Advance
Kalees.

Hi Kaleeswara,

From my experience, we can add a custom action to delete files when the program is uninstalled. We need to put the files deleting code in the Uninstall method of the custom Installer class. This is a walkthrough: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d(VS.80).aspx
This is a sample: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/AddinCustomAction.aspx

Regards,
Aland Li

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Hi Kaleeswara,

From my experience, we can add a custom action to delete files when the program is uninstalled. We need to put the files deleting code in the Uninstall method of the custom Installer class. This is a walkthrough: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d(VS.80).aspx
This is a sample: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/AddinCustomAction.aspx

Regards,
Aland Li

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