[izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up

[Bartz, Klaus]

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="$APP_NAME"/>
			  <value name="UninstallString" 
			   keypath="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$APP_NAME"  
			   root="HKLM" 
			   string="&quot;$JAVA_HOME\bin\javaw.exe&quot; -jar &quot;$INSTALL_PATH\Uninstaller\uninstaller.jar&quot;"/> 
			  <value name="DisplayIcon" 
			   keypath="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\$APP_NAME"  
			   root="HKLM" 
			   string="$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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	Daniel Silva 

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