Add/Remove Programs freeze after Uninstall

shayts7 · 31st August 2005, 13:11

hi every1,

at the end of mu Uninstaller i execute IE using Exec command.
the Add/Remove Programs freezes until i close the IE Window.
I Tried to replace the Exec with ExecShell - still don't work,

any suggestions?

thanks,

kichik · 1st September 2005, 18:31

Windows XP's Add/Remove control panel waits for every subprocess of the uninstaller too. As far as I know, you can't execute anything from the uninstaller without hanging the Add/Remove control panel. Maybe executing at.exe to schedule a one time run of an application will help, but at.exe is not available on all earlier versions of Windows.

Anders · 1st September 2005, 22:57

Create a remote thread in the arp process

but that is one ugly hack just to launch a url

shayts7 · 26th September 2005, 15:13

tnxs

31st August 2005, 13:11	#1
shayts7 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: israel Posts: 6	Add/Remove Programs freeze after Uninstall hi every1, at the end of mu Uninstaller i execute IE using Exec command. the Add/Remove Programs freezes until i close the IE Window. I Tried to replace the Exec with ExecShell - still don't work, any suggestions? thanks,

1st September 2005, 18:31	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Windows XP's Add/Remove control panel waits for every subprocess of the uninstaller too. As far as I know, you can't execute anything from the uninstaller without hanging the Add/Remove control panel. Maybe executing at.exe to schedule a one time run of an application will help, but at.exe is not available on all earlier versions of Windows. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,449	Create a remote thread in the arp process but that is one ugly hack just to launch a url IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

26th September 2005, 15:13	#4
shayts7 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: israel Posts: 6	tnxs tnxs

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