Re: Uninstall COM DLL using .NET Setup msi

From: Phil Wilson (pdjwilson_at_nospam.cox.net)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:22:40 -0700

The default behavior for MSI setups is that if you install and register the
DLLs with the usual MSI methods, it just works, so what tool are you using
to build the MSI file, and exactly how is the COM registration being done?
But if, for example, you used an install custom action to copy and register
a DLL, then you need to write an uninstall custom action to unregister and
remove the DLL. 

-- 
Phil Wilson
[MVP Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590592972/104-7044380-4696760
"Reginald Mhoon via .NET 247" <anonymous@dotnet247.com> wrote in message
news:OtrI11heEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have created .Net setup deployment package(i.e, .msi) for a .NET Windows
Service.
> I am installing COM dll for which there is a mathcing Interop.dll in
application directory.
> The DLL Registers find.
>
> When the product is uninstalled, i want all of the files installed the
application
> directory to be removed for the client system.
> Currently the COM dll is not unregistering or deleting during the
uninstall.
> Is there any special settings or properties to be configured in order to
> achieve this?
>
> Any pointers would be of great help.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> R Mhoon
>
>
> --------------------------------
> From: Reginald Mhoon
>
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