[wix-users] Uninstalling NSIS packages using WIX standard Bootstrapper/Burn installer

[Arthur WIlson]

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or supporting WIX.
Thank you, Arthur Wilson

On Jun 27, 2017 10:20 AM, "KONDURU Pavan" <Pavan.KONDURU at 3ds.com> wrote:

> NSIS creates a uninstall registry in HKLM\Microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall.
> Find that registry key for the installed packages and delete it. That
> should get rid of the add/remove entry. You could probably delete the
> installed files later.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users [mailto:wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org] On Behalf
> Of Vignesh Rajendran (RBEI/ESD13)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 6:02 AM
> To: wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org
> Subject: [wix-users] Uninstalling NSIS packages using WIX standard
> Bootstrapper/Burn installer
>
> Hello all,
> I'm pretty new to Wix.
> I'm using Windows Installer XML Toolset Compiler version 3.11.0.1701
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> I want to uninstall a NSIS thrid party exe which was installed using Wix
> Bootstrapper.
> Currently the Wix Bootstrapper is not capable of doing this because the
> NSIS installer creates a separate exe(Uninstall.exe) for uninstallation.
> I searched the internet and I found a workaround is available by using a
> custom action for the uninstallation process:
> http://techqa.info/programming/question/19692439/
> -Un-Installing-NSIS-packages-in-WIX-Burn-installer
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to uninstall without using custom action.
> Please let me know the easiest solution/alternative for uninstallation of
> third party exe based on NSIS.
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