How does unintall.exe work ?

anand.choubey · 20th January 2009, 15:19

Hi All,

I am fighting with problem.

I understand that uninstall.exe extracts au_.exe, launches it and then terminate.
Is it correct?

If yes then
Problem is:

uninstall.exe is launched by an application( I have its source code).
this application waits only on uninstall.exe termination.
application assumes that un-installation is completed successfully because it waits on it.

Actually un-installation is done by AU_.exe.
How can my application wait on un-installation process?

Thanks In Advance.

Anders · 20th January 2009, 15:38

ExecWait '"uninstaller.exe" _?=$instdir'
(copy the uninstaller to $temp first and run it from there if you need to delete "$instdir\uninstaller.exe")

anand.choubey · 21st January 2009, 09:43

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry!!!
I could not understand what does this statement do?
I added this statement in uninstall section of my script but application did not wait till completion of uninstall.

Afrow UK · 21st January 2009, 12:15

You have to run that command line when you run the uninstaller to wait for it to finish.

Stu

anand.choubey · 22nd January 2009, 04:40

Hi Stu,

Thanks for your reply.

Sorry!!! I could not understand your statement.

"You have to run that command line when you run the
uninstaller to wait for it to finish."

Please elaborate more it.

20th January 2009, 15:19	#1
anand.choubey Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3	How does unintall.exe work ? Hi All, I am fighting with problem. I understand that uninstall.exe extracts au_.exe, launches it and then terminate. Is it correct? If yes then Problem is: uninstall.exe is launched by an application( I have its source code). this application waits only on uninstall.exe termination. application assumes that un-installation is completed successfully because it waits on it. Actually un-installation is done by AU_.exe. How can my application wait on un-installation process? Thanks In Advance.

20th January 2009, 15:38	#2
Anders Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ${NSISDIR} Posts: 5,449	ExecWait '"uninstaller.exe" _?=$instdir' (copy the uninstaller to $temp first and run it from there if you need to delete "$instdir\uninstaller.exe") IntOp $PostCount $PostCount + 1

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21st January 2009, 09:43	#3
anand.choubey Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3	Thanks for your reply. Sorry!!! I could not understand what does this statement do? I added this statement in uninstall section of my script but application did not wait till completion of uninstall.

21st January 2009, 12:15	#4
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	You have to run that command line when you run the uninstaller to wait for it to finish. Stu

22nd January 2009, 04:40	#5
anand.choubey Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3	Hi Stu, Thanks for your reply. Sorry!!! I could not understand your statement. "You have to run that command line when you run the uninstaller to wait for it to finish." Please elaborate more it.