Uninstalling on Windows?

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Wed Feb 6 16:09:07 EST 2013


Hi List:

What is the best way to set up a Windows installer to handle uninstall of
user-generated files?

I developed a LiveCode application for Windows that saves settings and
progress data to files placed in a couple of locations on the drive
(Documents and AppData).  I tried to do "the right thing" by having my
installer create these files (as opposed to my app), so they could be
uninstalled by the user if they want to remove the program.  But the user
can download additional files that get saved in their installation which,
from what I can tell, prevents an uninstaller from removing the files since
they weren't part of the original install.  How does one deal with this?

I'm using Inno Setup if that makes a difference.  Thanks for any insight.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design





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