[wix-users] Delete logs folder at uninstall

[Hoover, Jacob]

That error isn't from RemoveFile / RemoveFolder, as it's a .Net exception, and vanilla windows installer doesn't have such a dependency. My guess is they wrote an uninstall managed CA.  (I believe RemoveFolderEx would handle this as well, scheduling the removal of files if in use).

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Are you using the RemoveFile element?
https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/removefile.html<https://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/xsd/wix/removefile.html>

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/195919/removing-files-when-uninstalling-<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/195919/removing-files-when-uninstalling->
wix

You'll need to provide more information in regards to how you're trying to
do the deletion of the file/folder.
I suspect that the service itself is still running at the time.

I expect that RemoveFile / RemoveFolder are by default scheduled in the
right order to be after the stopping / removal of services.
But if you're using these elements already, then you may want to confirm
this for yourself.


Regards,
Bevan

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Subject: [wix-users] Delete logs folder at uninstall

Hi,
I have a service that logs to a newly created folder, on the onStart() and
onStop() of the service.

In the uninstall scenario I want to delete the logs folder but the
uninstall fails, using verbose logging I'm getting this error:
*System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'Service.log'
because it is being used by another process.*

Any suggestions?
Any help will be appreciated,
Thanks!!

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