[izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up
fxa
fxa_01 at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 24 18:18:58 CEST 2007
Actually what is happening is: it rolls back entries. Look at "rewind"
method in registry handler. If you start with no entries, uninstall will
delete entries otherwise it roll them back to previous settings.
Bartz, Klaus wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
> I am not secure that I have understand right. Do it now work or not?
> You can have as much Listener as you need. The RegistryHandler will be
> used internal
> in the RegistryInstallerListener, but it can be used also at an other
> place. Then it is needed
> to use only one instance of it. But I assume that you do not use registry
> at an other point.
>
> I have just tested the IzPack 3.10.2 installation and uninstallation. It
> works as assumed.
> My box has Windows XP SP2, I use Java SDK 1.5.0_11.
> If the uninstallation of IzPack after a clean installation (without
> preexistent keys)
> will not clean the regkeys I do not know why. Test it on an other
> computer.
>
> 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: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:48 PM
> To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up
>
>
> also, I´m using Windows XP as an administrator, so I must have all the
> rights to change the registry.
>
>
> On 7/24/07, Daniel Silva <ddso.01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Klaus, thanks again.
>
> I removed the registries myself after uninstalling. Installed again and
> uninstalled all over. The registries are still not automatically removed.
>
> I didnt understand what you said about using a second RegistryHandler,
> but the registries that my installation process creates never change. I´m
> only using one for the installation and one for the uninstallation:
>
>
> <listener installer="RegistryInstallerListener"
> uninstaller="RegistryUninstallerListener">
> <os family="windows"/>
> </listener>
>
> I´m using another for the installation, but there´s nothing to do with
> the registry:
>
> <listener installer="SummaryLoggerInstallerListener"/>
>
> Also, I changed the $APP_NAME to $UNINSTALL_NAME in RegistrySpec.xml and
> CheckedHelloPanel started working the way the manual said it would. That´s
> something, all right. Thanks for that clue.
>
>
>
> On 7/24/07, Bartz, Klaus <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de > wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
> if you do not use a second RegistryHandler all keys (except some with
> format multi string) have to
> be removed after uninstall, if the have not changed after install.
> If the keys exist before installing, they will also exist after
> uninstall. This can be if you have forgotten the dll
> in the uninstaller (keyword "both") in a previos test. The uninstaller
> do not simple remove the entries else
> it changes the entries to the state before installation.
> Therefore remove the not automatically removed keys after uninstall and
> test again with install - uninstall.
>
> This work only with a direct call of the uninstaller.jar, not at
> debugging with e.g. Eclipse. For the last
> see my email to "fxa".
>
> 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 23, 2007 7:53 PM
> To: izpack-users at lists.berlios.de
>
> Subject: Re: [izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up
>
>
>
> Hi Klaus, thans for the reply.
>
> the "registryEntries", native\COIOSHelper.dll and the
> com\izforge\izpack\event\RegistryUninstallerListener.class are all there.
> I really dont know if the key are persistent or not. How do I know
> that?
>
> Even izPack entries are not erase when I uninstall it.
>
>
>
> On 7/23/07, Bartz, Klaus <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de > wrote:
>
> 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=""$JAVA_HOME\bin\javaw.exe" -jar
> "$INSTALL_PATH\Uninstaller\uninstaller.jar""/>
> <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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