Create an uninstall shortcut in my Visual Studio 2005 setup project
Hi,
I'd like to add a shortcut in the start menu to uninstall my application, which is created with Visual Studio 2005.
I've heard about creating a .bat file with the uninstall command and the product code of my application, but it changes regularly when I update the version number.
Would you know if there are other ways to do that in a Visual Studio 2005 setup project?
I was thinking about creating a custom action to add the product code to the .bat file when my application is installed...
I'd like to add a shortcut in the start menu to uninstall my application, which is created with Visual Studio 2005.
I've heard about creating a .bat file with the uninstall command and the product code of my application, but it changes regularly when I update the version number.
Would you know if there are other ways to do that in a Visual Studio 2005 setup project?
I was thinking about creating a custom action to add the product code to the .bat file when my application is installed...
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Hi, sorry for the delay, I finally used another solution getting from following link: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/youruninstaller.aspx?msg=3185035#xx3185035xx
I created a new C# application with following code, then added it to my setup project, and created a shortcut to it with [ProductCode] as argument.
I created a new C# application with following code, then added it to my setup project, and created a shortcut to it with [ProductCode] as argument.
static void Main()
{
string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
if (args.Length > 1)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(Environment.SystemDirectory+"\\MsiExec.exe","/x"+args[1]);
Application.Exit();
}
else
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
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