1. Don't install configuration data. Have the application or a configuration utility create it when it's missing. 2. Add components to the installer that contain removeRegistry, removefile, removefolder elements and which have a condition based on whether the user chose to clean up or not. 3. It's not unreasonable to leave any databases intact after removal, but that would depend on your customers and the nature of your application.
Hope that helps. -----Original Message----- From: Brad Lemings [mailto:b...@rebit.com] Sent: 30 September 2011 17:28 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Removing/Deleting data at uninstall This question has probably been asked many times before. If there is a web page that answers it, please provide links. If I have a software package that creates a database, user settings, and other data files while it is installed and I want to allow the user to delete or keep this data when uninstalling, how would I go about doing that in Wix? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users SDL PLC confidential, all rights reserved. If you are not the intended recipient of this mail SDL requests and requires that you delete it without acting upon or copying any of its contents, and we further request that you advise us. SDL PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 02675207. Registered address: Globe House, Clivemont Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DY, UK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
