Uninstall section - removing files

[rsegal]

Originally posted by coco_vc

Otherwise if I have 20 files that I need to copy when install, and to remove when uninstall, I would need 20 times the File command and 20 times the Delete command, for the same files, instead of 1 RMDir only in uninstall case. Or am I totally wrong/missing smth here?

Thanks,
Viv

You could do either way but you may want to consider where people are installing these files/folders from your install package. If someone installs their files to their My Documents folder and you tell the uninstaller to delete the entire folder that user has just had their My Documents folder deleted. Don't laugh. It's happened to me. Most users are likely to install files to a unique folder name that will not conflict with any other files/folders on their computer and you are likely to have a pre populated folder name for where your files are to be installed.

Alternatively as has been mentioned many times on these forums you can keep track of what files are installed during installation and then uninstall only those files by reading that file. This has the nice advantage that you can install to potentially dangerous spots such as My Documents or even the Windows\System folder and uninstall and you'll have no issues on uninstallation.