Is the uninstaller app in the application folder? If so, then that is your problem. That is probably why there is an add/remove programs feature in Windows. Apps cannot delete themselves, although they should be able to move themselves to the trash, and then delete the folder they were launched from. I could be wrong on that point tho'.
Bob On Dec 17, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > I'm making an uninstaller for one of my apps on Windows, and everything's > working swell except for one detail: > > I can delete all files and folders related to the install with ease, but when > I try to delete the application folder sysError returns 32, which means it's > in use by another process. > > Here's the setup: > > The uninstaller works as we're required to do on Windows: when launched it > makes a copy of itself into the temp folder, and launches that copy after > which the original quits. We have to do that because of course an app can't > delete itself. The copy has the UI that the user clicks to start the > uninstall. > > That copy in temp works great, and clears out everything, even the original > uninstaller that launched it. > > The one thing it can't do is delete the folder the app was originally in, > which is in the Program Files directory, e.g.: > > C:\Program Files\MyApp\ > > It seems weird to me that I can so easily delete all the contents of that > folder, even all the nested subfolders that were in it, yet not the folder > itself. > > And yes, I've checked: the folder is indeed empty. > > Even weirder, I can open LC afterward and run this in the Message Box: > > delete folder "C:/Program Files/MyApp/" > > ...and it deletes as expected without complaint. > > My first hunch was that since the original uninstaller app is launching the > one doing the deleting, maybe I could add another layer of misdirection by > having a copy of that app make another app in temp just to delete the damn > folder. No go, same error 32. > > Any of you come across something like this before? How did you get around it? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > ___________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
