Uninstall program

[Pengyu Hong]

How to build an uninstall program for an installation program I created?

Thanks a lot,

Pengyu.

 

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hi,

Use Microsoft Windows Installer and get both for free. Indeed, I wouldn't
develop a custom installation routine unless there's a very good reason to
do so. While Windows Installer is capable of doing almost anything a decent
installation routine needs, and is extensible with custom actions, I'd even
say there is no reason to bother with custom installation routines at all -
well, unless Windows Installer cannot be used for some reason.

 

[David Guyer [MS]]

If you used a Setup project, or created an .MSI (the build output for a
setup project), you can write a batch file that will uninstall it if you
know the ProductCode (which is a property of the setup project).

The batch file would say:
msiexec /x {productcode}