uninstall

Where is my rails installation located? Where are the rails plugins?

I'm trying to delete a plugin I installed for rails (paperclip). But I actually don't have any idea where I can find my local rails installation directory. So where can I find rails and rails plugins in my local file system? I have OS X. Or how can I uninstall paperclip from the command line? Thx! ...

Forcing Installshield to uninstall before an install

I have an InstallShield 12 installscript. I want to uninstall the old version before installing the new version. I will keep the name of the package unchanged. How can I do this? ...

How to Open browser window on uninstall of a clickonce app

Hello, i am deploying my app via clickonce. I would like upon uninstall of the application, the popup a custom url. Is it possible? (...and invite the user to take a pool for the reason of uninstall) ...

Stranded Registry Entries Preventing Uninstall

I have a .NET/Visual Studio/C# application that cannot be uninstalled on one of my development computers. (It CAN be installed, and uninstalled, on the other development computer.) This appears to be a registry problem. As a test, I added a new registry entry to the setup project since this problem started -- and the new registry entry ...

How to remove SQL Server Compact Edition from SQL Server Management Studio?

Once upon a time I installed SQL Server Compact Edition v3.1 on my box. As a result when I open SSMS 2005 (SQL Server Management Studio) and go to Connect to Server dialog, I see a "SQL Server Compact Edition" entry under the Server Type dropdown. I've uninstalled SQL Server Compact Edition v3.1, but the "SQL Server Compact Edition" en...

How can I perform a command line uninstall of Firebird?

I've used the command-line switches for installing a Firebird database from within the install package for my application. But now I'd like to uninstall Firebird in the same way. The problem is that the Windows install executable for Firebird was built with Inno Setup. In order to uninstall an Inno Setup executable, you have to run a f...

WiX: How to prevent a registry value from being removed on uninstall?

I want to assert that a certain registry value exists after installation, so I added the following component: <Component Id="RegistryEntryContextMenuOdt" Guid="4BA5BA24-4F65-4BDF-99EB-CB4B947F31A9" DiskId="1" KeyPath="yes"> <RegistryKey Id="RegKeyOdt" Root="HKCR" Action="create" Key=".odt"> <RegistryValue Type="string" Value="...

Prompt user to close application during uninstall (in WiX)

I am using Windows Installer XML 3.0 (WIX3) to install some software. Everything works fine, however, I'm having a really hard time to handle the following use case: the installed software is still running, when the user tries to uninstall it. The default behavior seems to remove all files but lets the application running (which is hard...

Windows Service, how can I uninstall from VS Setup project?

Hi There, I have created a windows service, it works great, but as soon as I try to install the service, it removed the directory, however, the service did not get removed, and when I try to install the service again, it give me an error 1001: Service already exists. How can I fix that? And also, is there any code for me to remove the ...

What are all the programs to uninstall to remove visual studion 2008 express?

I am a novice tool user but was required to load VS 2008 for a class I was taking which we only used one time. I did not register the copy on my one time use and now 6 months later am required to use VS 2005 for another class. My problem - I need to uninstall 2008 and install 2005. I'm not sure what programs to uninstall from the Add...

How to Disable Windows TCP/IP Stack in VC++ [Programmatically]

Hi I wanted to know How to Disable Windows TCP/IP Stack in VC++ [ Programmatically ]. We are doing some raw socket programming using winpcap. So our application does not need Windows TCP/IP Stack and We Want to uninstall it the moment our application starts. Please help. Thanks in Advance. ...

c# custom uninstaller

I'm attempting to write a custom uninstaller script; however, I'm stuck at the "programs, and features" dialog. Are there any written documentation as to what registry keys do I need to add in order for my application to be displayed there? Or -alternatively- are there any native WINAPI / .NET functions to create a shurtcut there directl...

Resharper uninstall - Visual Studio no longer shows correct error highlighting

Hi all I've been trying out resharper and decided that I'd like to uninstall. However, after doing so, Visual Studio no longer shows red underline highlighting that it normally uses to identify the location of errors in the code. This has happened on two of our PCs so far. I've tried a reinstall and a repair, but no luck. Any ideas ho...

I have uninstalled Plone, but it's home page keeps showing up at http://localhost:8080/

I have uninstalled Plone, but it's home page keeps showing up at http://localhost:8080/ That is, when I go to http://localhost:8080/ I see: Plone Zope & Plone are now up and running. * Your Plone site has not been added yet: Click here to create a Plone site. * Use the Zope Management Interface. * Plone.Org — documentation, add-ons, ...

uninstall sql server 2005 instance with database issues

On a non-production machine, I have two instances of SQL Server 2005. I want to uninstall the second instance, but I have two problems. Although this is a non-production machine, I want to be sure to keep the first instance safe so that I don't have to re-build anything. I have had the second instance off for a month. When I started ins...

How to deploy home-grown applications with rpm?

here is my scenario our team develops on AIX dozens of applications, mostly Perl, shell scripts, batch java, C i would like to simplify deployment/rollback procedures - currently using plain old tarballs with backups I looked into installp vs. rpm for packaging (see my SO question) and decided to go with rpm - better docs, plus IBM inc...

Error 1325.„SharePointData” is not a valid short file name during Sharepoint uninstalling

Hello, Error 1325.„SharePointData” is not a valid short file name does anyone know why this error is appearing during uninstallation of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0? Thanks ...

How do I deactivate an egg?

I've installed cx_Oracle (repeatedly) and I just can't get it to work on my Intel Mac. How do I deactivate/uninstall it? ...

Install Shield 2009 Premier, Uninstall doesn't close the process/gui

My application (developed using C#.net) is open now i uninstall, InstallShield gives message stating the application is already open and whether really want to close the application. Selection 'Ignore' continues uninstall. Some files and the exe of the application are not closed. How to close them by installshield on uninstall. Or there ...

Windows Mobile fails to uninstall

Testing my app on some WM Std 6.1 I found out that it fails to uninstall. I receive this error: “[app] was not completely removed. Do you want to remove it from the list of installed programs?" Checking my setup.dll I can tell that Uninstall_Init and Uninstall_Exit are being called each time but all the files stays (they are not locked...