uninstall dll

[katnip]

Is there a way to excluse "lua5.1.dll" from an uninstall?

[Ulrich]

Could you explain a little further why you would need this? This dll is part of the setup / uninstall engine, it is supposed to be removed when the product is uninstalled from the computer.

Ulrich

[katnip]

Anytime I would be patching or making expansion packs to previously installed software. The subsequent uninstallers remove "lua5.1.dll" disabling any other uninstallers from running. I use globally unique names for the uninstall files but no control over whether or not "lua5.1.dl" is uninstalled leaves me SOL.

Also when testing in Win 10 Pro I have to run the installers as admin or the uninstall folder produces an error. (even with full permissions set for the %AppFolder%)

[Ulrich]

When you create separate folders to hold your uninstallers, and place the uninstaller.exe into that folder, then you won't have conflicts with the Lua dll - each uninstaller will have its own copy, so uninstalling one package won't break the uninstaller of another package.


As for the error in Windows 10, please attach the project file and the uninstallation log file, showing the error. Windows 10 is still in beta, so things may change until the final release. Most certainly there will be an update for Setup Factory, which will work properly on the RTM.

Ulrich

[katnip]

I've give it a try but the "lua5.1.dll" wasn't being installed to the uninstall folder, it went to the "%AppFolder%", thus always being uninstalled by which ever uninstaller that was used first.

[katnip]

NM, I think I see what you mean now.