VB application not listed in Vista

[Kevin L]

I wrote a VB application for a friend's laptop. Originally, it was installed
on an XP OS.
He has since purchased a new laptop with Vista installed and has installed
my VB application.

I have a newer version of the application which I would like to install, but
the currently installed application does not appear in the Add/Remove
utility in Vista.

Any idea on how I can remove the old version?

I would also like to prevent this from happening with future versions in
Vista. Is there anything that I can do ensure that future versions of my
application appear in the Add/Remove listing in Vista??

Thank you

 

[rowe_newsgroups]

Any idea on how I can remove the old version?

Delete the files manually.

I would also like to prevent this from happening with future versions in
Vista. Is there anything that I can do ensure that future versions of my
application appear in the Add/Remove listing in Vista??

You never mention how you are installing the application. Are you
using ClickOnce or some other installer?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

 

[Kevin L]

Hi Seth,
The program was installed using "Windows Installer". I created a Windows
Installer Package (MSI) in Visual Studio.

Would there not also be some Registry Issues (in addition to "deleting" the
files)?
Any idea on why the application is absent from the list?

 

[rowe_newsgroups]

The program was installed using "Windows Installer". I created a Windows

Installer Package (MSI) in Visual Studio.

Hmm, you did make sure it shows up on WinXP right? First things first,
make sure that it should be showing up.

Would there not also be some Registry Issues (in addition to "deleting" the
files)?

Yes you might strand some Registry values, but I won't pretend to know
which ones are maintained by Windows. At least you could go in and
remove the ones your program created (unless the new version will make
use of them). Also, many registry keys are untouched during the Add/
Remove un-installation process so it might not be too big of an issue.

Any idea on why the application is absent from the list?

Well, it's Vista, so who knows why things go wrong?

Sorry I'm not much help, I'm not an expert on installations, or on
Vista.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

 

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

I cannot tell you why it didn`t show up in Vista however to remove all
traces from the program you might investigate msizap

http://www.advancedinstaller.com/user-guide/qa-forced-uninstall.html