Re: [WiX-users] Deleting user.config after uninstall?
Thanks, OK a lot of good thoughts and opinions. I'll just leave the user.config for now. I'm afraid I'll break something if I start deleting folders using custom functionality / actions or whatever else could be used. Do no harm as medical professionals say. On 12.6.2012 18:16, Wilson, Phil wrote: There's this, not official but useful... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2007/09/17/4948130.aspx Phil W From: Jerra [beddel...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Deleting user.config after uninstall? OK thanks! Well installation is sort of a gigantic big black hole I am trying to understand. Luckily there is a lot of info on the web regarding WiX and this mailing list. MS guidelines, I haven't seen any of those though.. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) I do not understand this remark. /Jerra On 12.6.2012 10:14, Sascha Beaumont wrote: Refer the ms guidelines, user data should remain after uninstall. So leaving a trail that is expected. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) Cheers, Sascha On 11/06/2012, at 11:52 PM, Jerrabeddel...@gmail.com wrote: In my application I use the built in functionality for storing user settings (Settings.Default.xyz) which generates a user.config file. I am leaving a trail of these old user.config files. How on earth do I remove these using WiX. I can't hardcode (RemoveFile) the location as it is unknown at installation where they will be stored. Attaching a screendump of my garbage. I guess some kind of recursive search in [user]\AppData\Local and deleting all my application files would be quite reckless. Any help greatly appreciated, Jerra -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event
Re: [WiX-users] Deleting user.config after uninstall?
Refer the ms guidelines, user data should remain after uninstall. So leaving a trail that is expected. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) Cheers, Sascha On 11/06/2012, at 11:52 PM, Jerra beddel...@gmail.com wrote: In my application I use the built in functionality for storing user settings (Settings.Default.xyz) which generates a user.config file. I am leaving a trail of these old user.config files. How on earth do I remove these using WiX. I can't hardcode (RemoveFile) the location as it is unknown at installation where they will be stored. Attaching a screendump of my garbage. I guess some kind of recursive search in [user]\AppData\Local and deleting all my application files would be quite reckless. Any help greatly appreciated, Jerra -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Deleting user.config after uninstall?
OK thanks! Well installation is sort of a gigantic big black hole I am trying to understand. Luckily there is a lot of info on the web regarding WiX and this mailing list. MS guidelines, I haven't seen any of those though.. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) I do not understand this remark. /Jerra On 12.6.2012 10:14, Sascha Beaumont wrote: Refer the ms guidelines, user data should remain after uninstall. So leaving a trail that is expected. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) Cheers, Sascha On 11/06/2012, at 11:52 PM, Jerrabeddel...@gmail.com wrote: In my application I use the built in functionality for storing user settings (Settings.Default.xyz) which generates a user.config file. I am leaving a trail of these old user.config files. How on earth do I remove these using WiX. I can't hardcode (RemoveFile) the location as it is unknown at installation where they will be stored. Attaching a screendump of my garbage. I guess some kind of recursive search in [user]\AppData\Local and deleting all my application files would be quite reckless. Any help greatly appreciated, Jerra -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Deleting user.config after uninstall?
There's this, not official but useful... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2007/09/17/4948130.aspx Phil W From: Jerra [beddel...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:22 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Deleting user.config after uninstall? OK thanks! Well installation is sort of a gigantic big black hole I am trying to understand. Luckily there is a lot of info on the web regarding WiX and this mailing list. MS guidelines, I haven't seen any of those though.. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) I do not understand this remark. /Jerra On 12.6.2012 10:14, Sascha Beaumont wrote: Refer the ms guidelines, user data should remain after uninstall. So leaving a trail that is expected. System preferences... Now that's a different beast :) Cheers, Sascha On 11/06/2012, at 11:52 PM, Jerrabeddel...@gmail.com wrote: In my application I use the built in functionality for storing user settings (Settings.Default.xyz) which generates a user.config file. I am leaving a trail of these old user.config files. How on earth do I remove these using WiX. I can't hardcode (RemoveFile) the location as it is unknown at installation where they will be stored. Attaching a screendump of my garbage. I guess some kind of recursive search in [user]\AppData\Local and deleting all my application files would be quite reckless. Any help greatly appreciated, Jerra -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users -- Visual Studio 2010 Professional WiX 3.5 Programming in C# /.NET 4.0 -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys plc, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please go to http://www.invensys.com/en/legal/default.aspx. You may contact Invensys plc on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users
