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Dunnowho69

21-05-2025 03:43

App installer

Hello guys,
I was trying to make a simple appinstaller but no matter what i try the uninstaller always leaves behind some files telling me to remove them manually. But i want all the files to be deleted automatically even if the app was running. Would be really grateful if someone could provide me with such a script or guide me on how to do it :o

Masquerade

21-05-2025 13:32

You cannot delete files when that are currently being used by a running program.

Dunnowho69

21-05-2025 19:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masquerade (Post 507796)

You cannot delete files when that are currently being used by a running program.

Then how about killing the processes or something like that to delete the files? I have seen some where even if the app was running it still deletes all the files somehow.

shazzla

21-05-2025 23:42

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...gger/kill-tool

Dunnowho69

22-05-2025 03:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by audiofeel (Post 507805)

Does the deletion not work for you?

[UninstallDelete]
Name: {app}; Type: FilesAndOrDirs

Quote:

Originally Posted by shazzla (Post 507804)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...gger/kill-tool

Thank you both for the suggestions but none of them worked for me unfortunately. It seems the only option is to schedule a proper removal during next startup.

shazzla

22-05-2025 06:45

[UninstallDelete]
Name: {app}\*.*; Type: FilesAndOrDirs

Is the syntax correct? Dont know...
{app}\*.* !!!!
Give it a shot...

crachlow

22-05-2025 13:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunnowho69 (Post 507807)

Thank you both for the suggestions but none of them worked for me unfortunately. It seems the only option is to schedule a proper removal during next startup.

Code:

[Setup]

AppVersion=1.5

AppName=My Prog

DefaultDirName=My Prog

ChangesAssociations=false

SolidCompression=no

OutputDir=.





[_Code]

procedure CurUninstallStepChanged(CurUninstallStep: TUninstallStep);

begin

if CurUninstallStep = usPostUninstall then

DelTree(ExpandConstant('{app}'), True, True, True);

end;

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