uninstaller

I have an MSI that is being generated from WIX scripts. My question is similar to this question . I want to create a custom uninstaller instead of using the default MSI uninstaller. I am thinking of adding a custom action that executes after PublishProduct or before InstallFinalize that just goes and modifies the registry entry that specifies the uninstall string to use. I am not worried about compatibility with SMS or similar products. What are your thoughts on this method? It's not that simple. For whatever reason, the ARP doesn't respect the UninstallString on MSI packages. So to change it

I am considering helping an open-source gaming project with creating their setup file. The game is currently weights around 300 MB and is packaged in a zip file, playable straight after it's unarchived. The zip file contains separate executables for Windows, Mac, and Linux as well as compressed data files that are used on all 3 platforms. My goal is to create a lightweight and possibly portable installation package that could encapsulate the data and provide users with quick install/uninstall procedure. In addition, the sought-after (but not required) properties of the tool that I would use

Can InnoSetup execute a program before the uninstallation starts? My program creates some registry values. I have an executable that can remove those registry values and my question is, can InnoSetup run that executable before the uninstallation starts? See the documentation on Setup Script Sections , particularly the UninstallRun one at the bottom of the tree: [UninstallRun] Filename: "{app}\INIT.EXE"; Parameters: "/x" If you need to do something more complex, you can also do it in code using the Pascal scripting functionality in InnoSetup. See UninstallCodeExample1.iss' in the InnoSetup 5

I've upgraded a [.vdproj MSI generator project built into VS2008] System.Configuration.Install.Installer with a ServiceProcessInstaller and a ServiceInstaller from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008. There are no customisations of consequence to the installer class (i.e., not trying to start or stop services or register children) RemovePreviousVersions is set to true , and I'm changing the Version and ProductCode . This triggers an error during the install: "error 1001: the specified service already exists" Googling yields stuff (but not on SO until now):- Google for "The specified service already

I have been trying to install a msi file using cmd. The command looks like C:\Windows\system32> msiexec.exe -q -i "Installer.msi" But every time I run this the window for help options is opened for msi instead of running the installer. What could be the problem? First, you need to specify the full path to the MSI file. Also, the command line is really picky if you are specifying anything else, and sometimes it doesn't like spaces between value=proprtyname. Those errors will give you the help screen because you got the syntax wrong in some way. Note that the MSI file will not install