Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening

2014-05-30 Thread Marc Beaudry
Phil, Thanks for the info, it clarified my assumptions... Marc -Original Message- From: Phil Wilson [mailto:phildgwil...@gmail.com] Sent: May-30-2014 12:37 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening My

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening

2014-05-30 Thread Phil Wilson
My interpretation of using a file for user-specific data is that it's being contrasted with using the registry. It is next to impossible to remove HKCU-type registry data for a user that isn't currently logged on. Removing a file in some other user's data folder is much easier. We're talking about

[WiX-users] Uninstall Guidelines - What should be happening

2014-05-30 Thread Marc Beaudry
Hello All, I have a question concerning the uninstall of a package. What should happen to the user application runtime generated files of several users? Here is what I got from the MS site for Best practices: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb204770%28v=vs.85%2 9.a