I implemented a test case for verifying functionality of our program, one of the feature is some folders would be deleted after uninstall.
Somehow, those folder still exist after I uninstall via Registry like your mentioned. Instead, the folder would be deleted as expected when I uninstall it manually from Control Panel. Thanks On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Tim Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > wensi liu wrote: > > I am using AccExplorer to identify the Name and Class Name. > > > > Actually, I did uninstall program via Registry, however, the behavior > > could be a little difference between them, like: > > > > If I uninstall program from Registry, the program won't delete it's > > folder itself. That the reason why I am trying to do so that way. > > Believe me when I say that the Add/Remove Programs wizard is doing > exactly what I described: it runs the UninstallString from the > registry. It CAN'T do anything else. It doesn't know which folders to > delete. Only the uninstall app knows that. > > You probably had extra files in the folder that weren't installed by the > installer. Most uninstall apps will not delete the root folder if it > contains files that were created after installation time. > > -- > Tim Roberts, [email protected] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > python-win32 mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 >
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