Thanks Rob, I was leaning toward that solution anyway, and now I can "stop worrying, and learn to love the" registry.
It's a pity places like tucows don't understand this and still award points as follows: Uninstall process: There are three possible points for this criterion divided into two separate categories. Uninstall mechanism: This criterion refers to items left behind in the installation directory or start menu program group. This item does not refer to registry keys needed to determine trial expiration and use of your product. If you are attempting to not cause a loss of data for saved information or application preferences, provide a clear note within the uninstall or provide a custom uninstall for the user to save the data. If you don't employ an uninstall mechanism, your application will receive zero points. (traces = 1 point, complete = 2 points) Anthony Wieser Wieser Software Ltd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Mensching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Anthony Wieser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:24 PM Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Registry Cleanup at uninstall There is nothing in Windows (the operating system) to really help you remove registry keys from all user profiles. There are a few things (in particular, roaming profiles) that make it impossible to correctly handle this problem. I generally suggest, leave the stuff behind... and if the user upgrades to a new version of your application, use that data during migration. That's what Office does to great success, IMHO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
