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[reflex]

Hey,

Ive got a bit of a tricky problem, I need to remove a Windows Installer installed application but without using the Windows Installer itself. I have had a look at MSIZap.exe and miscuu.exe but I would like to write my own utility that will remove an application.

Has anyone attempted this before? Would you be able to give me a listing of all the reg entries pertaining to a windows installer based install?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Pete.

[dbareis]

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Ive got a bit of a tricky problem, I need to remove a Windows Installer installed application but without using the Windows Installer itself.

Your've mentioned the solution, what is the problem?

Sounds like what you want to do is some last ditch desperate act after all else has failed?

I assume you are having frequent problems making it impossible to uninstall these, fixing this might be a better idea....

My 2 cents woth,
Dennis

[reflex]

The problem is occurring when we try and upgrade from previous versions of our software, the upgrade doesnt remove the app correctly or the upgrade just plain fails.
What I would like to do is run an exe or another type of utility that would force the removal of the previous version (without using the Windows Installer service).

I hope this makes the situation a little more clearer.

Regards

Pete.

[Stefan Krueger]

Using Windows Installer to uninstall the existing version is the recommended method. Why do you need to avoid this?