b_avery@yahoo.c
29th April 2004 08:51 UTC

Uninstall InstallShield from Control Panel
I'm trying to remove entries from the Registery for the Add/Remove program section, that Install Shield has left behind, but it does not seem simple and what ever I do the item remains in the Add/Remove section of the Control Panel.

Anyone know what and how Install Shield writes to this part of the Registery?

evilO
29th April 2004 14:34 UTC

Hi :)

In order to have the application displayed in the 'add/remove' panel, this key has to be created:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyApplicationName

(Replace by HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE if the application is installed for all the users).

Just remove this key and it should be ok.

evilO/Olive

b_avery@yahoo.c
29th April 2004 19:39 UTC

I wish it was that easy with Install Shield.

In the registery,

{0594095094-67DD-99394-9934-39D93940E039

With another key called

InstallShield Uninstall Information.

This is from my virgin test machine running XP, so nothing else is install except the application I want to remove.

Problem is the Key number above changes on each installation :-(

evilO
30th April 2004 10:19 UTC

Which version on InstallShield is it ? I developped a few installers using InstallShield, but it was an old version (5.5) and the key you're talking about didn't exist at that time... Sorry :(

But isn't there any value you could look for in the registry to retrieve this key that changes on each installation ??

evilO/Olive

b_avery@yahoo.c
3rd May 2004 22:19 UTC

I don't know what version of InstallShield it is Soz :-(

I can search for the application name, but even finding that I can't seem to work it backwards to remove all the entries from the registery.