RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation.

[Foster, Richard - PAL]

Kevin,   What I meant was that many installations allow the user to choose a different directory. I have had cases in the past (although not with the Microsoft installer) where if the user selected a different directory for installation (for example the D drive instead of the C drive), then uninstalled the software that an attempt was made to uninstall the files from the default installation directory, instead of the one where the files would actually be found!   Could you possibly post a sample MSI task exhibiting the fault?   Regards, Richard From: Burton, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 08:55 To: Foster, Richard - PAL; Byrd, Payton; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation. Richard,   Thank you for your response. The “variable” as far as I know is [TARGETDIR]. I am not sure how it gets set on uninstall. I think this variable is getting set correctly on uninstall because some files are removed, just not all of them. That could be a possibility though. I am not sure what you mean by “does it make any difference”. The installer chooses this directory so if the installation arbitrarily used the default directory instead it would matter, at least to the installer.   Regards,   Kevin   From: Foster, Richard - PAL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:57 AM To: Burton, Kevin; Byrd, Payton; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation.   Kevin,   This may be a stupid question, but most installations I have created use a variable to determine where the file should be placed. Is there any chance that variable could be set differently on uninstall verses installation? Also, does it make any difference if you accept the default installation directory or choose a different one?   Regards, Richard   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burton, Kevin Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 16:38 To: Byrd, Payton; nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Nant-users] Removing files on uninstallation. The files that are not removed are not touched. I can install and immediately uninstall and the files remain.   Kevin