Are you seeing it deleted in an MSI uninstall log or inferring that it's been deleted because your code can't find it? You are ensuring it's there before you uninstall, right, because it is unconditionally created no matter what features get chosen at install time? Also there are registry items that will get deleted before RemoveRegistryValues if they are special (UnSelfRegModules runs before RemoveRegistryValues). The privileges of your code will also affect whether it's there or not when you try to access it.
Phil Wilson -----Original Message----- From: william lee [mailto:wele...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:44 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] When does the Registry key/value get deleted during Uninstall Hi Rob, Thanks for reply~ see my first email, I do make sure the custom action is scheduled before RemoveRegistryValues. But the registry key is still get removed before my CA read it. :( thanks William L. On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Rob Mensching <r...@robmensching.com>wrote: > Deferred custom actions run during script execution based on their relation > to other actions in the MSI. > > In this case, it sounds like you want your custom action to be scheduled > Before="RemoveRegistryValues" ( > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371207(VS.85).aspx). > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:58 PM, John Bergman < > john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com> wrote: > > > I thought deferred custom uninstall actions ran after the normal > uninstall > > stuff... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: william lee [mailto:wele...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:12 PM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] When does the Registry key/value get deleted during > > Uninstall > > > > Hi, > > There is a tricky problem bother me these days. I don't understand why > the > > certain Registry key/value got removed before my uninstall custom action > is > > called. > > we have a custom action scheduled after ProcessComponents, but before > > RemoveRegistryValues: > > InstallValidate > > InstallInitialize > > ProcessComponents > > MyCA > > .... > > RemoveRegistryValues > > > > we also defined Registry key/value in the MSI's Registry table. so it > will > > get created and removed during install and uninstall. > > MyCA is a deferred uninstall custom action will read from that Registry > > Key. > > > > but during our testing, when MyCA is get called, the Registry key is > > already deleted. > > Does ProcessComponents will delete the registry key?? I thought > > RemoveRegistryValues will do that job. > > > > > > thanks, > > William L. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > > authoring tool. 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