Is there a way to hide variable values in irunin.ini

[alian007]

It has been brought to my attention that all variables (such as passwords and other key values) are showing in the clear in the uninstaller file (irunin.ini).

In my case, this is very much unwanted. Do you have any suggestions on how to hide these?

[Darryl]

Re: Is there a way to hide variable values in irunin.ini

Yes, it is true that any variable that you use in your installation will be written to the Uninstall INI file so that their values can also be used in the Uninstall routine. This information is written to the "irunin.ini" file right after the files are installed.

If you don't need that information available for the uninstall you could do the following:

1) If you are finished with the variable contents of the sensitive variables, you could just assign another value to them as long as it is done any time before the installation of the files.

2) If you want to remove variable contents from the INI file after the point that they have been created (right after files are installed) you could use actions to modify the irunin.ini file such as INI file actions, or Text File actions in order to either remove the desired lines, or portions of the text.

Hope that helps.