[izpack-users] Windows XP Registry Entries cleaning up

Daniel Silva ddso.01 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 13:43:46 CEST 2007


Hi Klaus, thanks again.

I removed the registries myself after uninstalling. Installed again and
uninstalled all over. The registries are still not automatically removed.

I didnt understand what you said about using a second RegistryHandler, but
the registries that my installation process creates never change. I´m only
using one for the installation and one for the uninstallation:

<listener  installer="RegistryInstallerListener"
              uninstaller="RegistryUninstallerListener">
              <os family="windows"/>
</listener>

I´m using another for the installation, but there´s nothing to do with the
registry:

<listener installer="SummaryLoggerInstallerListener"/>

Also, I changed the $APP_NAME to $UNINSTALL_NAME in RegistrySpec.xml and
CheckedHelloPanel started working the way the manual said it would. That´s
something, all right. Thanks for that clue.


On 7/24/07, Bartz, Klaus <Klaus.Bartz at coi.de> wrote:
>
>  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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>
>
> --
> Abraços,
> Daniel Silva
>
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-- 
Abraços,
Daniel Silva
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