Is there a prescribed way to "clean up" Ruby Gems which have native extensions that have failed to build. There are directories/files left in the gems directory, however gem list --local does not list them as being installed. e.g. sqlite3-ruby, linecache, mongo ...
My understanding is that MSI installers use a file reference count to keep track of how many 'installers' installed a shared file (say a dll). [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE]\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\SharedDLLs This way, say 3 products all install the same DLL, the refcount is at 3. When you run the uninstaller for one of the pro...
I have two versions of XCode installed, one is version 3, and the other is the latest beta version which installed under a different directory. I have read many examples how to uninstall Xcode using a method similar to the following: sudo /Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all But I am not sure if it will uninstall both installati...
Hello, I am have an installer running for a shareware program that has a time limit. The installer saves an obscure key in the windows registry with the install date, and I do not want this key to be removed when uninstalling, so that the user cannot simply uninstall and reinstall the program in order to circumvent the time limit. I ha...
Using VS 2008 SP1 with the GDR update and all updates. I created several Setup projects and each one makes a nice MSI. I can run all 6 and get my software installed (all different parts of a very large system). I made a C# app to look for everything in the Registry at SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall So I could ho...
Is there a java utility that can be used by an application to uninstall itself and exit? I currently only use the executable jar to test this feature on a windows platform; there is no and there may never be a fancy installation mechanism other than providing the jar file(s). File MYAPP = new File(".\\myapp.jar"); MYAPP.deleteOnExit(); ...
I'm lovin' it, but I suspect it causes some problem. I know I can use perlbrew off but I would like to completely remove it. How do I do that? ...
I'm trying to use the RegSetKeySecurity() function of Windows API, but the pSecurityDescriptor parameter is a pointer. What is "pointer" (PVOID) data type equivalence in Inno Setup? Thanks in advance ...
Hi Friends, I want to know that how to delete application data when application is uninstall. means when i am deleteing my android application all it's associated data will be deleted, so how we can do that? ...
I have a WiX installer that runs a program that downloads the latest version of my code and installs three windows services. I have a custom action runs another program that shuts down and uninstalls the services during uninstallation, after InstallInitialize. The uninstaller also deletes all files and directories that get downloaded. Ho...
I want to completely remove Python 2.7 from my Mac OS X 10.6.4. I managed to remove the entry from the PATH variable by reverting my .bash_profile. But I also want to remove all directories, files, symlinks, and entries that got installed by the Python 2.7 install package. I've got the install package from http://www.python.org/. What di...
Hi guys, is it possible to close a running application with another application? I have implemented APP1.exe and APP1_UNIN.exe, I would that APP1_UNIN.exe kill running APP1.exe and uninstall it. Is it possible? ...
Is it possible to determine in uninstaller script is a program (that should be uninstalled) working? ...
I have ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition and I don't like its interface compared to desktop and it makes my laptop slow. I want to uninstall it but I don't know how to? Its installed to my 1TB external HDD ...
Hi all, i am aware of android BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED for notify when any application is uninstalling from device. Now it is possible that when i uninstall one application and that application do some work before and uninstall. e.g: my application work with android contact if application uninstall at that time i want to change in con...
Hello everybody, We are releasing a new version of our application and we would like it to be able to uninstall the previous installed version from the client's computer. How would we be able to do that? edit: I'm installing this application (and also the previous version) with a deployment project in Visual Studio, so I assume it is ...
i installed ubuntu9.10 on my PC and works with XP very great. after install grub lead the system startup and i have to choose between ubuntu and xp. right now,here's another version of ubuntu i want to install,so i have to get rid of grub and ubuntu9.10,i tried fdisk /mbr but id doesn't work. so please anyone tell me how to get rid of...
I try to uninstall the Netbeans IDE. for some reason it refuses to uninstal. when i run the uninstaller for the the control panel i get a message saying: "the installer lock file exists at c:\users\user.nbi.nbilock" when i remove the file i get a message saying: "the specified target component -nb- base/6.9.0.0.0 was not found in the...
How can I uninstall Ruby on ubuntu? Need to reinstall - please help ...
Hello, Can someone help me to remove McAfee anti virus from Windows Vista? I tried to do that in various ways: -Control Panel/Programs and Features/Unistall, but the uninstall button doesn't exists. -Downloading McAfee unistaller from official site, http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe, but he co...