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Jignesh
Jignesh

Reputation: 136

remove user.config during uninstall in a MSI admin install/uninstall using Group Policy object (GPO)

We have a user.config file that is created in C:\Users\ [User] \AppData\Local[Company][Project Name].vshos_Url_zw3i045fzlcuakzzn3dtaw3fqgh03sub\1.0.0.0\ directory and would like to remove the user.config file so that we can leave the clients computer in Clean state on Uninstall.

Now some of our clients are big corporations that perform the deployment using GPO to 100's of computers and the way in which GPO does the install is it installs when the computer is rebooted and before the user logs in, in case of "assigned application -> Computer configuration"

The issue is since the MSI install/uninstall process takes place before the user logs in, it makes it impossible to create a custom action that will accept a path which can resolve to users profile folder that holds the user.config file. Can someone please help me with this issue.

I had success achieving this using Custom Actions in environments where user installs the product after he/she is logged in but not in a corporate environment using GPO.

Thanks in Advance

Upvotes: 2

Views: 674

Answers (1)

Ciprian
Ciprian

Reputation: 3565

You could try using the Windows Installer support for removing files http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa371201(v=vs.85).aspx

EDIT: I seems that this is not possible event with WI support.

Upvotes: 0

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