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[Superfreak3]

OK, here's what I want to do..... I want to install a database that is 3.5 GB. What I did was zipped the file, which cuts the size to a more manageable 500+MB. I wrote an .exe to unzip the file, which I call from a custom action. What I then want to do is remove the installed .zip file and the unzip .exe, but I want to know what is the best way to accomplish this.

I could write a vbScript to simply delete the files, I guess, but I want to be sure I don't 'break' anything with regard to components, the registry, etc.

Again, I'm installing the zipped database and the unzip .exe as components. Is there a way to mark them as temporary, install them to the system %temp% directory or something along these lines?

All that really should remain when the install completes is the uncompressed 3.5 GB database.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Stefan Krueger]

Ideally you shouldn't install them as components.
But you could leave their component guid blank and delete them using a vbscript.