[wpkg-users] InnoSetup, uninsXXX.exe and "uninsXXX.dat is corrupted"

[Paul McGrath]

They have happened to me and it has been because from WPKG and manual uninstalling reinstalling during testing the unins000.exe is left behind so the next time it installs it makes a 02 and then a 03 but doesn't create the corresponding dat file.  

-----Original Message-----
From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of le dahut
Sent: 05 November 2013 13:52
To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] InnoSetup, uninsXXX.exe and "uninsXXX.dat is corrupted"

Thanks for your answer.

I have several computers here that have until "unins004.exe" ! That represents a lot of "occasional blips" :-)

I think about something like :
<remove cmd='%COMSPEC% /C FOR /L %%F IN (9, -1, 0) DO IF EXIST "%progfiles%\QT Lite\unins00%%F.exe" ("%progfiles%\QT Lite\unins00%%F.exe" & exit)' />

Any comment about this ?


Le 05/11/2013 14:40, Paul McGrath a écrit :
> Innosetup usually does overwrite the unins000.exe but there are the occasional blips, often user related through testing or sometimes a poorly compiled setup program.  I agree with Ulli that the best approach is to uninstall and delete the whole program folder and then upgrade.  I handle it like this:
>
>       <install cmd='%SOFTWARE%\Dropbox\Dropbox.%version%.exe /verysilent' />
>       <upgrade include="remove" />
>       <upgrade include="install" />
>      <remove architecture="x86" cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES%\dropbox\unins000.exe" /verysilent' ><exit code="any" /></remove>
>       <remove architecture="x86" cmd='cmd /c rmdir /q /s "%PROGRAMFILES%\dropbox"' ><exit code="any" /></remove>
>       <remove architecture="x64" cmd='"%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dropbox\unins000.exe" /verysilent' ><exit code="any" /></remove>
>       <remove architecture="x64" cmd='cmd /c rmdir /q /s 
> "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\dropbox"' ><exit code="any" /></remove>
>
> So the upgrade uninstalls, deletes the program folder and then 
> reinstalls.  Nice and tidy Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org 
> [mailto:wpkg-users-bounces at lists.wpkg.org] On Behalf Of Ulli Conrad
> Sent: 05 November 2013 13:07
> To: wpkg-users at lists.wpkg.org
> Subject: Re: [wpkg-users] InnoSetup, uninsXXX.exe and "uninsXXX.dat is corrupted"
>
> Hi there,
>
> On 5 Nov 2013 you wrote:
>
>> The problem is that sometimes there is a "QT Lite\unins001.exe" and 
>> in this case, executing "QT Lite\unins000.exe" returns a popup error :
> InnoSetup apparently doesn't overwrite uninst*.* files when upgrading, but increases filename.
> Therefore I handle InnoSetup uninstallers by removing old uninst*.* files when upgrading:
>
> <upgrade  cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist
> "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\AppInstalledByInnoSetup\unins*.*" del 
> "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\AppInstalledByInnoSetup\unins*.*" /Q /F' />
>
> InnoSetup will create them new (naming them uninst000.* ) when upgrading.
>
> To be on the safe side, I'll check for uninstaller file names when
> removing:
>
> <remove cmd='%COMSPEC% /C if exist
> "%PROGRAMFILES%\AppInstalledByInnoSetup\unins000.exe"
> "%PROGRAMFILES%\AppInstalledByInnoSetup\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT 
> /NORESTART /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES />
>
> Hope this helps
>
> - Ulli -
>
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