Have you tried using the built in WIX action of WixCA? You can set a property with the command you wish to run and then schedule it later. From the WIX Help.
Quiet Execution Custom Action "The QtExec custom action allows you to run an arbitrary command line in an MSI-based setup in silent mode. QtExec is commonly used to suppress console windows that would otherwise appear appear when invoking the executable directly. The custom action is located in the WixCA library, which is a part of the WixUtilExtension." I'm also not sure if you want to remove the folders or just the files within it and allow the installer to remove the folder. I would imagine as long as the folder is empty the installer shouldn't have any issues removing the folder as long as you schedule your action prior to the folder removal. Jon W. McCain | Software Engineer - Install phone & fax +1.317.715.8462 | jon.mcc...@inin.com Interactive Intelligence Inc. Deliberately Innovative www.inin.com [Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.png@01CC50F6.539B5F10]<http://www.inin.com/facebook>[Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image003.png@01CC50F6.539B5F10]<http://www.inin.com/twitter>[Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image005.png@01CC50F7.5FF508A0]<http://www.inin.com/linkedin>[Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image004.png@01CC5106.F5DCBE80]<http://www.inin.com/youtube>[Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image010.png@01CC5106.53AC34B0]<http://www.inin.com/Pages/Blogs.aspx> From: himanshu saxena [mailto:hsan...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 6:30 AM To: wix-devs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-devs] Remove folders recursively during uninstall in WIX Hi, I want to execute a dos command from WIX, The command goes like: [SystemFolder]cmd.exe /c rmdir /s /q [INSTALLDIR] Basically I want to delete the Installation Directory from the command prompt during Uninstall. (These files not installed by MSI, they are created by my application when user runs it.) I want to use the SystemFolder property to specify the cmd.exe path. And the most important one is that, I dont want the command window to appear during Uninstallation. I cannot use RemoveFile as I dont know the names of the files that the user creates. Also I dont know the number of levels of folders & Files created. Regards Himanshu
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