tags:

views:

996

answers:

2
Q: 

Removing entry of an application from add/remove programs in c#

Hi,

I have developed an installer class which removes certain folders from the base dir.However,I also want to remove the entry of another application from add/remove programs through the inst class.Could anyone suggest the solution.

Regards, Harsh Suman

+2  A: 

Remove the entry from the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Gerald  2008-10-14 04:50:49
as long as you are cleaning it up too!
TheSoftwareJedi  2008-10-14 06:06:20
A: 

In addition, there may be an entry that needs removing from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products

See http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1073003127

Mike Dillamore  2008-10-27 13:10:05

related questions

Displaying Flash content in a C# WinForms application
How to get the value of built, encoded ViewState?
Unhandled Exception Handler in .NET 1.1
How do I connect to a database and loop over a recordset in C#?
How do I most elegantly express left join with aggregate SQL as LINQ query
Get a new object instance from a Type in C#
.NET Testing Framework Advice
Automatically update version number
What is the difference between an int and an Integer in Java/C#?
How to write to Web.Config in Medium Trust ?
WinForms ComboBox data binding gotcha
How do you sort a C# dictionary by value?
Adding Scripting functionality to .NET applications
Floating Point Number parsing: Is there a Catch All algorithm?
How do I print an HTML document from a web service?
Decoding T-SQL CAST in C#/VB.net
Anatomy of a "Memory Leak"
How do I get a distinct, ordered list of names from a DataTable using Linq
Reliable Timer in a Console Application
How do I fill a DataSet or a DataTable from a LINQ query resultset ?
What's the difference between Math.Floor() and Math.Truncate() in .NET?
How do I calculate relative time?
How do I calculate someone's age in C#?
Are there any conversion tools for porting Visual J# code to C#?
When setting a form's opacity should I use a decimal or double?