Old 15th April 2006, 13:13   #1
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decompile uninstall.exe or installer

Is there any software, or method, available to allow one to decompile and installer or uninstall.exe program?

I would like to see the list of changes the installer or uninstaller make to the system.
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Old 15th April 2006, 13:18   #2
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The FAQ answers your question.
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We do not support this. It is up to the creator of the installer to decide whether he or she wants to make the script available.
Take a look at the following recent thread for installer watchers:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....t=sysinternals

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Old 15th April 2006, 13:31   #3
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Thanks for the reply.

I did read the FAQ item you mentioned.

But I thought perhaps there was a 3rd-party utility available.

I did find a few methods to allow one to view installer contents.

http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/IETotal.html
http://innounp.sourceforge.net/ (Inno Setup)

But I'm particularly interested in reading the uninstaller.exe contents.

Is there a similar decompiler available?

thanks again.
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Old 15th April 2006, 15:35   #4
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well - you can extract some dll or other pieces - but not the script itself - thats encoded.

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Old 16th April 2006, 12:31   #5
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personally im glad theres no decompiler available as it helps to protect my work and the work of others.
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Old 16th April 2006, 14:36   #6
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what a fortune - so md5-hashes and serial checks are not open to public.

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