[wix-users] RemoveRegistryKey in a dual-scope MSI

[Alan Sinclair]

Using *Permanent="yes" NeverOverwrite="yes"* does preserve the reg key over
an upgrade, but I'm unsure how to remove it at final uninstall:

> remove it manually by condition

Sorry, I don't understand, please can you explain a bit more?

Thanks
Alan

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Dzmitry Razhanski via wix-users <
wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Probably you need to use these attributes for your component:
>          Permanent="yes" NeverOverwrite="yes"
> And remove it manually by condition.
>
>
> Best regards,
>         Dzmitry Razhanski.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-users <wix-users-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> Alan Sinclair via wix-users
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2018 8:40 AM
> To: WiX Toolset Users Mailing List <wix-users at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Cc: Alan Sinclair <anadem at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [wix-users] RemoveRegistryKey in a dual-scope MSI
>
> correction (I'd copypasted an older version, sorry), my code includes
> CreateFolder like this, otherwise it errors.
>
>         <DirectoryRef Id='TARGETDIR'>
>             <Component Id="AlanRemoveRegHKLM"
> Guid="3A735F83-591B-4E25-B1CB-1498A6770873" Win64='$(var.V_WIN64)'>
>                 <Condition> ( not UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE ) and ALLUSERS
> </Condition>
>                 <CreateFolder></CreateFolder>
>                 <RemoveRegistryKey Root="HKLM"
> Key="Software\Myapp\Settings"
> Action="removeOnUninstall" />
>             </Component>
> <!--Perhaps the above AlanRemoveRegHKLM component is redundant .. haven't
> checked -->
>             <Component Id="AlanRemoveRegHKCU"
> Guid="4950E1DD-A5FB-42D6-A872-A74230ED8841" Win64='$(var.V_WIN64)'>
>                 <Condition> ( not UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE ) and ( not
> ALLUSERS )</Condition>
>                 <CreateFolder></CreateFolder>
>                 <RemoveRegistryKey Root="HKMU"
> Key="Software\Myapp\Settings"
> Action="removeOnUninstall" />
>             </Component>
>         </DirectoryRef>
>
>
> The problem remains the same: registry key is deleted during upgrade, but
> we need it deleted only at final uninstall.
>
> thanks
> Alan
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:18 PM, Alan Sinclair <anadem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to do set up my dual-scope install so that at
> > uninstall it removes a registry key (from the appropriate HKLM or HKCU
> > hive depending whether it's in per-machine mode or per-user mode) ONLY
> > AT FINAL UNINSTALL, not at upgrade?
> > All the dual-scope stuff is working cleanly and properly now
> > (including
> > upgrades!) thanks to all the great help from this list, except
> > cleaning up the registry keys which were set by the app i.e. not set
> > by components in the installer.
> >
> > I have RemoveRegistryKey in a component conditioned on NOT
> > UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE but that doesn't do what we need: the key is
> > removed during an upgrade.
> >
> > This is what I've got:
> >
> >         <DirectoryRef Id='TARGETDIR'>
> >             <Component Id="AlanRemoveRegHKLM" Guid="myguid"
> > Win64='$(var.V_WIN64)'>
> >                 <Condition> ( not UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE ) and ALLUSERS
> > </Condition>
> >                 <RemoveRegistryKey Root="HKLM"
> > Key="Software\Myapp\Settings" Action="removeOnUninstall" />
> >             </Component>
> >             <Component Id="AlanRemoveRegHKCU" Guid="myguid2"
> > Win64='$(var.V_WIN64)'>
> >                 <Condition> ( not UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE ) and ( not
> > ALLUSERS )</Condition>
> >                 <RemoveRegistryKey Root="HKMU" Key="Software\Myapp\
> > Settings " Action="removeOnUninstall" />
> >             </Component>
> >         </DirectoryRef>
> >
> > which gets this warning:
> >
> > c:\projects\ws\wixsetup\wsoptions.wxs(285) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE57:
> > Component 'AlanRemoveRegHKCU' has a registry entry that can be either
> > per-user or per-machine and a per-machine KeyPath.
> > C:\Users\AlanSinclair\AppData\Local\Temp\3crnd1nz\myapp-en-us.msi :
> > warning LGHT1076 : ICE105: msidbRegistryRootLocalMachine or
> > msidbRegistryRootUsers cannot be defined as root for per user install
> > of application.
> >
> > How to make this aware of UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE ? Do we need a custom
> > action to save and restore the key over an upgrade?
> >
> > (Also, I don't know if the condition REMOVE~="ALL" is required in the
> > condition when Action=" removeOnUninstall " .. is it?)
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks
> > Alan
> >
> >
>
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