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[bdshan]

When I uninstall my product by selecting change in the Add/Remove Programs dialog, then selecting Remove in the Maintenance Type dialog, it is still listed in the Add/Remove Programs dialog after the install has finished removeing the product.

If you manually refresh the dialog the listing goes away.

If I remove the product by using the Remove button in the Add/Remove Programs dialog the listing is automatically removed from the dialog.

I have tried to debug this but haven't gotten too far. I've created logs for both product remove methods. When the listing is removed automatically the log has a bunch of extra events such as:

MSI (s) (48:EC): Post-install cleanup: removing installer file 'C:\WINNT\Installer\21bc1.msi'
MSI (s) (48:EC): Post-install cleanup: removing installer file 'C:\WINNT\Installer\{D6C04932-A2AC-4B6D-8C15-63EBB5F0FF56}\1033.MST'
MSI (s) (48:EC): Post-install cleanup: removing installer folder 'C:\WINNT\Installer\{D6C04932-A2AC-4B6D-8C15-63EBB5F0FF56}\' (if empty)
MSI (s) (48:EC): Post-install cleanup: removing installer file 'C:\WINNT\Installer\{D6C04932-A2AC-4B6D-8C15-63EBB5F0FF56}\moiicon.ico'
MSI (s) (48:EC): Post-install cleanup: removing installer folder 'C:\WINNT\Installer\{D6C04932-A2AC-4B6D-8C15-63EBB5F0FF56}\' (if empty)

When I run the remove via the UI sequence these events are not executed.

Besides running the UI sequence what other differences are there in removing a product given the 2 different method available? What can I do in my UI sequence to make sure that these extra events are executed when I select to remove the product?

[Stefan Krueger]

I guess it's more a problem with the Add/Remove Program control panel applet which doesn't refresh in this case.