Use the RemoveFile or RemoveFolder element. If you don't know everything up front, add temporary rows to those tables. The wix-contrib project on codeplex.com has a custom action that does the latter.
Don't try to remove files from non-logged in users. You'll just hose roaming profiles. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:25 AM, victorwhiskey <victorhwhis...@yahoo.com>wrote: > What's the best way of removing files/directories the installer doesn't > know > about then? Say, the app writes to <user>/x.log. Also, the uninstall will > only remove the user who is uninstalling the app right? > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/General-Installer-question-tp7324586p7325988.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > -- virtually, Rob Mensching - http://RobMensching.com LLC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
