Re: Uninstall not removing dll

From: Phil Wilson (pdjwilson_at_nospam.cox.net)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:42:58 -0700

This is a guess (hopefully not too wild), but you should add the Commit call
too (calling base.Commit), just in case something happens in there that
might cause this. 

-- 
Phil Wilson
[MVP Windows Installer]
Definitive Guide to Windows Installer
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590592972/104-7044380-4696760
"John Lemire" <JohnLemire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0755A525-AD54-4182-B226-609520AB384B@microsoft.com...
> This seems so obvious that I have to be missing something. I have a .NET
app
> with a couple installer classes.  I have set them on the install,
rollback,
> and unistall ations. Everything seems to work fine except on uninstall. My
> uninstall methods are called but the dll where they live doesnt get
removed
> afterwards.  This cant be because the installer cant remove the file
because
> its executing the uninstall methods can it?  It would load the dll, run
them,
> unload the dll, and delete it wouldnt it?  However it seems to not delete
the
> dll, therefore not delete the directory its in, and worst of all, prompt
the
> user to reboot to complete the install (come back and delete the dll on
> reboot, but not the then empty dir tree for some reason). There is no
other
> reason to reboot after uninstalling this app.  Since its very common for
.NET
> apps to have installer classes Ive got to believe im missing something
really
> obvious. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
> thanks,
> -john

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