uninstalling a single component

[daan]

Hi,

The situation is as follows: The component tree is used two ways in our project, first,
- it lets a user select which entries to install (unselected components will not be installed),
- it lets a user select or deselect components when in modify mode.

In the second case:
When user deselects a component which was prevously installed, the component will be removed. How can the Apply Uninstall command be told to uninstall just the files that were installed during installation of this specific component?

Manually deleting files and registry entries for a single component poses some problems in this case also, so that doesn't seem a way out.

Greets,
Daan

[daan]

Forgot to mention the product can have multiple instances on one machine. Presently we just uninstall the entire thing (saving user settings) and reinstall with the user's selected features.. It's a bit inefficient to say the least. Does anyone here have a better idea?