I am looking for a way to uninstall an application installed using the MSI Installer.I believe there should be a way out to directly call the Uninstall module specifically for a particular application using VB.Net.How can I achieve this using VB.Net? I am using VB.Net 2005.
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Have a VB.net application that installs initially from CD and then when the user gets into the internet the application updates. In order to better support problems with this application is has been suggested in the past to uninstall it and do a fresh re-install. However, in investigation it was determined that the uninstall does not consider all installed objects and does not uninstall the CD install.Can the uninstall functionality be modified to catch the other instances of this application and also uninstall them?
View 11 RepliesIf I have a project that I built in 2005 can I also work on it in 2008 and vice versa? What are the main differences from each version Also I deployed a project and it installs on the user computer with the name I installed VB 2005 with, not the name I use in project set up?? Is this common how can i change that without having to uninstall VB and reinstall with new name? Or is it picking that name up from somewhere else in my project?
View 2 Replieshow to create a uninstall command for a Windows-based application in the Application Folder when creating a new setup project in visual studio 2008.
View 4 RepliesI am looking for a way to uninstall one Vb application from another.It just needs to run the uninstall you would find in add and remove programs.
View 8 RepliesI am trying to uninstall VB express 2005 but keep getting an error that it cannot complete. I have looked but could not find a place to reinstall to see if after that it will let me then uninstall it like many have suggested but can not locate an install place. I am trying to get it removed to see if it will then let me install SQL 2008 on my computer.
View 2 Replieshow to add the Uninstall option in the Start--> Programs, during setup and deployment of an application?
View 4 Replieshow to remove a Folder created in Users Program Menu under File System, when an application is uninstalled? During installation of the Application, a link is created at the users desktop and also in Users Program Menu. However during uninstallation the link for the Users Desktop and User Program Menu is removed, but the Folder created in the Users Program Menu remains.
View 4 RepliesI have attempted to uninstall VB 2005 express and C++ express using Remove Add programs to no avail. Error message: The Window Installer Package c:program files visual studio 8 vs_setup.msi could not be opened. I have removed the MSDN library and SQL server successfully. I have also tried vs_uninst_betas tool which doesn't find anything to uninstall. I would prefer not to modify the registry if at all possible. If I could find a source for the original install packages for VB and C++ I would attempt reinstalling and then uninstalling....but cannot find them anywhere.
View 4 Replieshow to make a multi language desktop application in vb.net 2005. only a small desktop application in which i can change language according to countries.
View 1 RepliesI am in process to develop an application for Windows Mobile 6.5 using Visual Basic 2005 and .NET Compact Framework. My problem is that I want to know if an instance of my application is already running and, in that case, I want to jump directly to that instance, without starting another one. I tried several solutions found on the internet but I think there are solution for desktop applications not for mobile applications because I have a lot of errors.
View 1 RepliesI'm looking for any references on the best way to perform an unattended uninstall of a product using VB.NET. The product was installed using Windows Installer and the product name is Dell Kace Agent. I would like to perform the uninstall within the VB.NET code.Here's a VBScript that uninstalls a product using WMIC. This could be converted to VB.NET fairly easily, but is there a better way to perform a uninstall within VB.NET code than querying WMIC? I would rather not use WMIC to perform the uninstall maybe get the uninstall string from the registry?
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\" _
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How can i add a program to the add/uninstall program list? using vb.net
View 2 RepliesHow do I add an unistall shortcut. I am using deployment and setup>setup project to deploy.
View 3 RepliesSince installing Windows 7 on one of my test machines my automated uninstaller can not find the uninstall string. My script works on XP just fine. I noticed that the uninstall information is in a different location for Windows 7. it is in Wow6432NodeMicrosoft... is there a constant I can use that will allow my script find the correct uninstall location on both Windows 7 and Windows XP?
View 2 RepliesMy trial version of VS9 professional just expired and wanted to uninstall it, however upon loading, it goes into debug mode and displays the message;an unhandled win32 exception occurred in setup.exe [3816]If I do go into debug mode, then it loads VS but since my version is already expired, I can't do anything but close it...I can't repair it since I dont have the original installation files (its VS9 professional ENU, and microsoft doesnt have it up for downloads anymore.. but here is a SS of the other programes installed which are related to VS9.[URL]..
View 1 RepliesI have VB6 and i want to install VB.NET 2008 without uninstall VB6. Is possilbe? Can i works correctly both?
View 1 RepliesHow do i uninstall a product with win32_product?
View 1 RepliesI've taken MS 4994A (Intro to VB.net), and am studying for 4995A (Advanced Intro to VB.net)Previous experience with VB6 and C++ tells me that the way to do it would be to create a program that will accept a list of computer names and check the registry one-by-one (I'm open to suggestions, though, of course). If it finds the program we're wanting to remove, it will remove it, then automagically install .net 2.0 and the .net version of the programs that were just removed.
View 1 RepliesI have a project that creates and installs a window service. I want to uninstall it because it is running both on my PC and on another. I want to leave it on the other. So when I open VS with the project, I right-click on the servicesetup and choose uninstall and it says "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." It is listed in control panel Services, so isn't it installed?
View 5 RepliesIf there is any way to uninstall program or uninstall program from add/remove using vb.net codes?
View 4 RepliesI have an application that contains an MDB. This application has a feature that will allow the user to update the database to a newer version that is on a thumb drive.The database ispart of the application and is not user-updatable, so it seems as though it should live in the Program Files directory with all the other data files (xml, etc.)However, somehow it found its way into the Virtualstore.Now when I go through my process to update the database via the application when I try to run the application is is re-routed to the old mdb in the virtualstore.
But much worse than that, I found out that the virtualstore for the application survives a reinstall Now to my mind this is a huge bug because one would expect when one uninstalls and re-install an application that would have created a "clean slate" and everything would work correctly. But here I have an instance where the user thinks she has installed a fresh copy of the application but in fact is getting corrupted by old junk in the virtual store from a previous install.
I currently have a simple crystal reports application which generates a crystal report and in the built in viewer provided by VS2005. There is a drop down where you can select options to change the criteria of the report. I wish to convert this app to a windows executable which will take all those select options and generates pdfs based on the crystal report. the executable will be triggered by windows task scheduler...or maybe command line app?
Obviously this will be somewhat of a re-write. What would be the best way to start this as? a crystal report application or a windows application.
what is the different writing code application vbnet 2005 application for single user and multiuser?
View 3 Replieshow can i uninstall previous version of my windows applcation which is with different name and location? on installing new versions?
View 3 Replieshow can i unistall previous version of my windows applcation which is with different name and location? on installing new versions?
View 36 RepliesI'm trying to read keys in the HKLM Uninstall section in my attempt to do a software inventory. I tried the WMI, it works but it doesn't show everything. I decided to just read each of the sub keys in the Uninstall section, but it doesn't show everything.
The code works, but it's just not showing some items.
Dim UninstallKey, SubKey As RegistryKey
Dim SubUninstallKeyNames() As String
UninstallKey = RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(RegistryHive.LocalMachine, "\" &
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Ive created a shell context menu dll using the great example at [url]...
This dll can be included in a vb.net setup project and installs ok but upon uninstall Windows prompts the user to close explorer.exe for the uninstall to complete. If the user clicks ok then the windows GUI is lost and the user either needs to reboot or know how to run task manager and startup another instance of explorer.exe to get their desktop back.
Does anyone know how to go about uninstalling a context menu dll which is currently in use by explorer without ending the explorer.exe process.
I created a myapp setup project and set "RemovePreviousVersions = true". I have to uninstall previous myapp first and then install new one. Is there any any way to create a setup msi file to uninstall and install at the same step?
View 7 Replies(I found no server 2003 forums so i posted here) I have recently been tasked with moving legacy applications (written in VB 6) that have to be migrated from windows server 2K to windows 2003. My superiors tell me that we MUST use MDAC 2.7 because the VB 6 applications are very old and use office 97 (no chance for upgrade because they will break - they will be supplanted by .net applications) Also, if these legacy apps use 2.8 they will break as well.
I know that Windows Server 2003 automatically comes with MDAC 2.8 and there is no way to uninstall it (is there?). But is it possible to install MDAC 2.7 (parallel to 2.8) and force our applications to use the 2.7 version? Or do we have to stick with windows 2k if we HAVE to MDAC 2.7?
