thanks Hans. Tried the third option of QTExec and it errors out. with the following message:
CAQuietExec: Error 0x80070057: failed to get command line data CAQuietExec: Error 0x80070057: failed to get Command Line This is from my wxs: <CustomAction Id="Test.Command" Property="QtExecCmdLine" Value=""c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe" rmdir /s /q "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\myapplication""/> <CustomAction Id="Test" BinaryKey="WixCA" DllEntry="CAQuietExec" Execute="immediate" Return="check"/> post wrote: > > Hi Vivek, > > You have at least these options: > > 1)Create a DTF custom action > 2)Create a VB script custom action > 3)Look into Quiet Execution Custom Action (ref Wix Help file) > > and then put a condition like REMOVE="ALL" so it does not get run on > installs. > > If these files and folders are not installed by the msi, you can not use > RemoveFolder or RemoveFile(s) according to the help file documentation. > > Kind regards, > > Hans > > >> I have a requirement to delete temporary files at >> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET >> Files. As the number of directories and files created by the application >> are >> close to 200 and RemoveFolder,RemoveFile with "*" is only >> on a directory and not recursive, makes it harder to do for every >> directory. >> Do we have any other solution? >> Can we run a dos command rmdir /s /q? If so how to do it in WiX? >> >> thanks, >> Vivek >> >> <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> WiX-users mailing list >> WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Delete-temp-files-during-uninstall-tp1130780p1132763.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users