dos based exe

[Kimbo]

i made a sf6 setup for one exe file. it's a dos based viewer. so far i have found that after an uninstall the shortcut on the start menu does not get removed.

any ideas ?

i tried win32 apps and they get removed ok.


(i edited a spelling mistake only...)

[This message has been edited by Kimbo (edited 03-12-2002).]

[Mark]

Re: dos based exe

Hi,

You will probably have to delete the file yourself. When you make a shortcut to a DOS based program in windows it converts the shortcut from a *.LNK file into a *.PIF file. So when Setup Factory goes to delete it, it cannot find it.

Try adding a Delete File command to your uninstall and point it to your shortcut, with the *.PIF extension.

mark.

[Kimbo]

Re: dos based exe

ah, i see.. that sounds about right....

thanks....

i will do as suggested.

[Kimbo]

Re: dos based exe

ok i can now remove the shortcut from the desktop with the:

Delete Files (C:\Windows\desktop\Software 2002.pif)

command, which i placed in the uninstall/after uninstall section. but try as i might i can not get the start menu shortcut to go. after which i also want to remove the empty directory.

i tried all the delete/remove commands and no good. if i try to remove the directory whilst this one file shortcut remains i get an "access denied error", which makes sense. can a directory be force removed even if there are shortcuts in it ?

The offending directory is:

C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Software 2002\

and the file is:

C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Software 2002\Software 2000.pif


help please.....

thanks...

[This message has been edited by Kimbo (edited 03-12-2002).]

[Mark]

Re: dos based exe

Hi,

Try removing:

%SCFolderPath%\Software 2002.pif

You also cannot remove a directory that is not empty. You also might think of turning on Verbose Error messaging on your Delete files action. What is being returned?

mark.

[Kimbo]

Re: dos based exe

i have turned on verbose mode.
and i tried that command.


MSG_ERR_REMOVE_SHORTCUT (#1, Line 2)

Could not delete file(s).
C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Software 2002\Software 2002.pif.lnk

so from that i see that SF6 adds the extension automatically. (bug ?)

i also tried:
Remove Shortcut (%SCFolderPath%\Software 2002.*)

Remove Shortcut (%SCFolderPath%\Software 2002*.*)

[Kimbo]

Re: dos based exe

DONE! I have finally fixed it!
*********************


3 commands added to the "Uninstall/After Uninstalling" section.

Delete Files (C:\Windows\desktop\Software 2002.pif)
Delete Files (C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Software 2002\SOFTWA~1.PIF)
Remove Directory (C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Software 2002\)

That second one was the bïtch!


Thanks for the help Mark.




[This message has been edited by Kimbo (edited 03-12-2002).]

[Kimbo]

Re: dos based exe

ok i will also need to be able to remove a directory if the user changes it from the default. what's the command if any ? is there a remove (empty) dir command no matter what the name is ? or how should i go about this ?

thanks...

[Mark]

Re: dos based exe

Hi,

Yes you should have been using a Delete File(s) action not a Remove Shortcut action.

You should use the variable: %SCFolderPath% to represent: "C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\Software 2002". If you look on the Select Shortcut Folder screen you will see that %SCFolderPath% is used to store the location that your user selected.

mark.