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Article #6965Re: Uninstalling shortcuts
From: Jeff Kish
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:59
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:59
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:11:30 -0800, Bob Gonder <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote: >Jeff Kish wrote: > >>I don't write anything explicitly to the registry to keep track of >>things though. > >If you don't want to mess with the registry, then you would create an >install log that lists all the files/shortcuts and paths actually used >during the installation. >Then on uninstall, you could parse the log and undo everything. > Thanks. Now I know where to go with this. I guess I could somehow search for .lnk files that belong to my app(s) and remove those. Jeff Kish
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