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[ranjit]

HI All
I am using Basic MSI Project of IS 7.04.
I am having a problem in continueing my setup after reboot during UNInstall.
Here the scenario.
While uninstalling my app there is a chance of having a process still running even though the file corresponding to that process is removed.Due to this the folder containing the file is not getting removed(this happens randomly). So I figured out if I reboot the machine at the end of uninstallation the process would go away from the memory and then I can do the delete of FOlders explicetly.
Can anyone help me or guide me? All I have to do is to delete folder after reboot.
I am trying to achive two these things and used all related KB article and mix and match combinations.
1) how do I schedule a reboot for uninstall condition,
2) how to delete folder if exists after reboot.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and advices.

Ranjit

[Balu]

Hi Ranjit,

its probably a small attempt to help you and refers only the second part of your question. You can register programs to run once after a reboot and a user logon by a special registry key entry.

For Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP you could use:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

This approach is documented under:
http://msdn.microsof...gistry_keys.asp

By default, the value entry of a RunOnce key is deleted before the program is run.

Maybe someone has a better and MSI compliant solution.

Raimund

[ranjit]

HI,
I attempted that approach , but did not help me much. I need to run the installer after reboot and check to see if the folders exsits or not. Any ways there may be a design change and hopefully we may not encounter this problem.
Apreciate your suggestion.
Thank you
Ranjit