uninstall is never that...

[jhermiz]

I use ********** to package my application.
Now I have two files which require that I register them...so in inno I have

Source: "C:\Documents and Settings\jhermiz\Desktop\SPI\AppDllsForSPIInstallation\SmartMenuXP.ocx"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion regserver
Source: "C:\Documents and Settings\jhermiz\Desktop\SPI\AppDllsForSPIInstallation\SmartMenuXP.dll"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion regserver

Notice the "regserver" parameters...

Now if an end user uninstalls this application...I go back to the original folder in C:\Program Files\MyProgram ... and see that everytrhing is gone but these two files. I need to make sure EVERYTHING is uninstalled. Is there a way to do this?

This is a big issue because if someone tries to reinstall the app using inno I get errors saying that it cannot replace these 2 files. If I ignore these errors...and run the application I get an activex component error which forces me to go to dos and do a regsvr32....

pLease help!

[BrianS]

I dont know how Inno works, but see if there is a way to make sure they are marked as not being shared files. If they are considered shared, then they wont get uninstalled.

[jhermiz]

Originally posted by BrianS
I dont know how Inno works, but see if there is a way to make sure they are marked as not being shared files. If they are considered shared, then they wont get uninstalled.

No its not shared...however I found a flag in help through inno which recommends the following:

Source: "C:\Documents and Settings\jhermiz\Desktop\SPI\AppDllsForSPIInstallation\SmartMenuXP.ocx"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist ignoreversion regserver
Source: "C:\Documents and Settings\jhermiz\Desktop\SPI\AppDllsForSPIInstallation\SmartMenuXP.dll"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist ignoreversion regserver

So onlyifdoesntexist should be good enough

Thanks BrianS

[BrianS]

That may solve your re-install issue, but it still probably wont get uninstalled. May want to talk to the guys at Inno just to see if there is a way.

[jhermiz]

Originally posted by BrianS
That may solve your re-install issue, but it still probably wont get uninstalled. May want to talk to the guys at Inno just to see if there is a way.

Yea I realized that...its not a big deal that these files still sit there.
I think the reason they dont get uninstalled is because they are originally registered..to uninstall them I'd have to unregister the files. Not a big deal, was just trying to avoid the install errors that users were experiencing.

Jon