bobbysoft said:
I think that Dan (the OP) wasn't exactly clear about what he wants. At
least, I was a bit foggy when reading his query. For one thing, in my
experience, install/uninstall routines don't usually mess up data files.
Only rarely will they delete the program files themselves. Therefore, I
think that what he asked for may not be of concern, and perhaps a
standard uninstall program (like Total Uninstall [no longer freeware] or
ZSoft Uninstaller [freeware coming along nicely in development]) would
do fine. I'd put programs like this in a category that I'll call
"universal install tracker/uninstaller" software, because that's how
they work.
Inno Setup is not a consumer uninstaller. With some digging around on
the site, I was able to glean that Inno Setup is not for end users, but
is an installation packager for the programmer who has developed an
application.
It would have been helpful if the respondent had written at least part
of what I just said. After all, one assumes that when someone recommends
a solution, that he knows something about what he recommended. Right?
I would appreciate posters refraining from submitting one-liners like
this. Please, when you reply with a link, would you at least add a few
grunts of explanation as a courtesy, so that you can spare the readers
of your post the effort of having to research a dead end. In this case,
the linked page provides a lot of technical detail to wade through _and
nowhere on the linked page is there any explanation about what this
program does!_ Only by divining and clicking on an embedded link will
the reader discover, in technical language, that this is not an end user
application (what the OP had asked for), but rather, a technical tool
for the professional programmer.
Please, everyone: when you post a reply, make sure to communicate to
your human reader, at least a minimal answer in plain language as you'd
want to be replied to yourself.
Richard
