My interpretation of using a file for user-specific data is that it's being contrasted with using the registry. It is next to impossible to remove HKCU-type registry data for a user that isn't currently logged on. Removing a file in some other user's data folder is much easier. We're talking about code here, not what Windows Installer does by itself.
Regarding files generated by the application, it depends on the content and intent. Nobody would propose removing all the .doc files on a system just because the user uninstalled Word, but on the other hand files generated by the app for its own internal uses are candidates for removal. --------------- Phil Wilson On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Marc Beaudry <mbeau...@matrox.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I have a question concerning the uninstall of a package. What should happen > to the user application runtime generated files of several users? > > > > Here is what I got from the MS site for Best practices: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb204770%28v=vs.85%2 > 9.aspx#uninstall_clean > > . User-specific customization information can be stored in a text > file on the computer. This has the advantage that the file can be removed > when the application is uninstalled, even if the user of this customization > is not currently logged on. > > > > I am not sure I understand what this means? Does this mean I need one > centralized file containing the info of several users or multiple files each > in its own user folder. > > > > >From what I can see, when I run an uninstall it only cleans the currently > logged in user and does not have access to the other users. Am I mistaken > in this understanding? > > > > Thanks for the clarifications, > > Marc > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. > www.restlet.com/download > http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. www.restlet.com/download http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
