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Creating a Basic Uninstaller

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:21 pm
by abc123
Can anyone help create an unistaller that can also be from the Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

> Files names to delete
> self-delete after

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:41 pm
by eJan
Add or Remove Programs list was stored in Registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall + KeyName (Ace Utilities_is1, EditPlus 2 ..)
where value:
DisplayIcon stands to display icon,
DisplayName stands to display name,
UninstallString hold information which file to be executed when clicked Change/Remove button (Uninstall.exe)

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