Mega Code Archive

 

Categories / C# Tutorial / Development

 

Create a custom uninstaller that inherits the Installer class

using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Configuration.Install; [RunInstaller(true)] public class MyUninstallActionClass : Installer  {    EventLogInstaller myInstaller = new EventLogInstaller();    public override void Install(IDictionary savedState)    {       myInstaller.Log = "log";       myInstaller.Source = "MySource";       Installers.Add( myInstaller );       base.Install(savedState);    }    public override void Commit(IDictionary savedState)    {       base.Commit(savedState);    }    public override void Rollback(IDictionary savedState)    {       base.Rollback(savedState);    }    public override void Uninstall(IDictionary savedState)    {       myInstaller.Source = "MySource";       myInstaller.UninstallAction = System.Configuration.Install.UninstallAction.NoAction;       // Remove the resource from the event log.       //myInstaller.UninstallAction = System.Configuration.Install.UninstallAction.Remove;        Installers.Add( myInstaller );       base.Uninstall(savedState);    }    public static void Main()    {       Console.WriteLine("Syntax for install: installutil.exe your.exe ");       Console.WriteLine("Syntax for uninstall: installutil.exe your.exe ");    } }