For your RemoveFile element to work you'll need to specify ".lnk" as part of the filename otherwise Windows Installer won't find the file. However you shouldn't need a RemoveFile to remove a Shortcut which your installation creates unless it's modified in some way after installation. Same goes for the RegistryValue & RemoveRegistryKey. I've never needed to use them & don't see any issues with uninstallation & the How To guide at http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/create_start_menu_shortcut.htm would mention them if required.
Palbinder Sandher Software Deployment Engineer T: +44 (0) 141 945 8500 F: +44 (0) 141 945 8501 http://www.iesve.com **Design, Simulate + Innovate with the <Virtual Environment>** Integrated Environmental Solutions Limited. Registered in Scotland No. SC151456 Registered Office - Helix Building, West Of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow G20 0SP Email Disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Peter Glatzer [mailto:peter.glat...@gfb-consulting.de] Sent: 29 June 2011 13:31 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Remove Shortcut on uninstall Hi i use wix 3.5 with this code to create a shortcut <Directory Id="ProgramMenuDir" Name="XXX"> <Component Id="CompProgramMenu" Guid="e89955e2-daae-4b83-b3a4-644ee504c6ee"> <Shortcut Id="SQLManualStartMenuShortcut" Name="!(loc.MANUALDESCRIPTION)" Description="!(loc.MANUALDESCRIPTION)" Target="[INSTALLLOCATION]documents\!(loc.ManualFile)" WorkingDirectory="INSTALLLOCATION" /> <RemoveFile Id="SQLManualStartMenuShortcut" Directory="ProgramMenuDir" Name="!(loc.MANUALDESCRIPTION)" On="uninstall"/> <RemoveFolder Id="ProgramMenuDir" On="uninstall" /> <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="SOFTWARE\XXX" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" Name="OracleManualLink" Value="yes" /> <RemoveRegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="SOFTWARE\XXX\OracleManualLink" Action="removeOnUninstall" /> </Component> </Directory> But after uninstallation the shortcut always exists. The Setup installs an AddIn so the shortcut directory is not empty after remove the "SQLManualStartMenuShortcut" Mit freundlichen Grüssen Peter Glatzer ___________________________________________ GFB EDV Consulting und Services Gesellschaft mbH E-Mail <mailto:angelika.j...@gfb-consulting.de> peter.glat...@gfb-consulting.de Web <http://www.gfb-consulting.de/> www.gfb-consulting.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
