[izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up

[Bartz, Klaus]

Hi Daniel,
sorry for late answer, but I was on a workshop.
I do not really know why uninstall do not work correctly with your program.
We use $UNINSTALL_NAME instead of $APP_NAME, but this should produce only problems
with multiple installations of the same program.
 
Try with some additional other keys, may be with the root HKCU.
 
Are all keys persistent, or only some?
Look into your uninstaller.jar (may be with an unzipper or with jar).
Is there a file "registryEntries" in the root? It is a java object stream, but with some editors
you can look into. If you can, is there the entry
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<your APP_NAME>   ?
Is in the uninstaller 
com\izforge\izpack\event\RegistryUninstallerListener.class    
and
native\COIOSHelper.dll        ?
 
Cheers
 
Klaus

	-----Original Message-----
	From: izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:izpack-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Daniel Silva
	Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:38 PM
	To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
	Subject: [izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up
	
	
	Hi,
	 
	I´ve just started using izPack for my applications and I had some trouble with Windows XP registry entries.
	 
	I have a InstallSpec.xml file for the installer creating procedure with the following lines
	 
	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
	<installation version="1.0">
	   (...)
	   <native type="izpack" name="ShellLink.dll"/>
	      <native type="3rdparty" name="COIOSHelper.dll" stage="both">
	      <os family="windows"/> 
	   </native>
	   (...)
	   <resources>
	      (...)
	      <res src="./spec/RegistrySpec.xml" id="RegistrySpec.xml"/>
	      (...)
	   </resources>
	   (...)
	   <listeners>
	      <listener installer="SummaryLoggerInstallerListener"/>
	      <listener installer="RegistryInstallerListener"
	                   uninstaller="RegistryUninstallerListener"> 
	         <os family="windows"/>
	      </listener>
	   </listeners>
	   (...)
	</installation>
	 
	And a RegistrySpec.xml like this:
	 
	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>

	<registry>
	 <pack name="UninstallStuff">
	  <value name="DisplayName" 
	   keypath="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$APP_NAME"  
	   root="HKLM" 
	   string="$APP_NAME"/>
	  <value name="UninstallString" 
	   keypath="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$APP_NAME"  
	   root="HKLM" 
	   string="&quot;$JAVA_HOME\bin\javaw.exe&quot; -jar &quot;$INSTALL_PATH\Uninstaller\uninstaller.jar&quot;"/> 
	  <value name="DisplayIcon" 
	   keypath="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$APP_NAME"  
	   root="HKLM" 
	   string="$INSTALL_PATH\icons\SCarimbo.ico"/> 
	  <value name="HelpLink" 
	   keypath="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$APP_NAME"  
	   root="HKLM" 
	   string="$APP_URL"/>
	      </pack> 
	</registry>

	I'm using CheckedHelloPanel, so $APP_NAME is declared. My problem is that when I uninstall the application, the registry entries are not erased. The application is still listed as installed in Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs. 
	 
	Am I doing something wrong?
	 
	Obs.: I've notice that when I uninstall izPack itself, its registry entries are not erased either.
	-- 
	Abraços,
	Daniel Silva 

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