HKEY_CURRENT_USER uninstall best practices

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From: donzie13 (donzie13_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:27:03 -0700

When I uninstall my application, application data remains in the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER portion of the registry. I suppose I could remove data for
the currently logged in user, but I don't think the uninstall program can
clean up HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings for other user accounts.

What is the best practice here? Is it just expected that applications will
leave HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings behind or is there a way to delete all
HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings required by an application, even those store on
other user accounts?

Thanks,
Don

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