You could also use Active Setup to run a tidy-up script for each user.
Take a look at http://www.appdeploy.com/articles/activesetup.asp, the
structure you'd use is the same though you won't be able to use an MSI
command line as the MSI is already uninstalled.

Cheers,
James

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson
Sent: 08 August 2008 16:41
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Guidance appreciated on tidying up per
machine/per user installations

Ryan O'Neill wrote:
> When I uninstall the app I would like to offer the option to clean 
> these up, so I guess the uninstall from control panel needs an 
> elevated bootstrapper (I'll have to look this up) as it would need to 
> enumerate all users and delete their AppData\MyProduct directories.
>   

Don't bother -- it's not something you can guarantee is possible. For
example, roaming profiles stored on the network won't be accessible.

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