Avoid uninstallation

manso · Post by **manso** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:17 am

Hi,

We have a web app that needs to support multiple installations on the same machine. We have tried with the NEWINSTANCE and TRANSFORM commands but generating multiple uninstallation entries doesn't work very well as our users tend to move around the web sites after installation so we will just fill up the list of installed apps. We have decided to skip making the installation uninstallable (or provide it as an option).

I've read that the only way to do this is to remove the uninstall registry entry. But doesn't the installation create loads of other files to support the uninstallation? Are there any other ways to support this? Any other caveats we should be aware of apart from the obvious ones?

Thanks,
Manso

Alex_Ronquillo · Post by **Alex_Ronquillo** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:52 am

If you want to completely remove uninstallation information in your machine, you should:

1.- Remove the uninstallation registry
2.- Take off the uninstall shortcut IA creates
3.- Delete folder in application Data folder named as the revision code GUID.

scene316 · Post by **scene316** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:55 am

Are there plans for a more elegant solution to this problem to be included within the IDE options?