No, the Windows Installer doesn't support UI (beyond a progress bar) during
uninstall.


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Rob Goodridge <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Our product may ship database changes in a Patch.
>
> The database may be shared between users.
>
> We are not recording the current state of the database - like save the
> Upgrade Code, Product Code and Patch Code in a table in the database, so we
> can't derive whether the database has already been rolled back. Its been
> considered but its quite complex to make foolproof.
>
> When the Patch needs to be removed, only one user must rollback the
> database changes. This means we need to ask the uninstaller whether or not
> to uninstall the database changes.
>
> In Programs and Features there is just an Uninstall option, which can be
> removed. When you uninstall there is no UI. And by default the database is
> not rolled back, of course.
>
> Can a UI be added?
>
> (I know the command line can be used. Thats what we already tell our users.
> We would just like the most common method used to uninstall the patch -
> Programs & Features - to prompt for database rollback.)
>
> warm regards
>
> Rob Goodridge
>
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