davidwhthomas
15th April 2006 14:13 UTC

decompile uninstall.exe or installer
Is there any software, or method, available to allow one to decompile and installer or uninstall.exe program?

I would like to see the list of changes the installer or uninstaller make to the system.

kichik
15th April 2006 14:18 UTC

The FAQ answers your question.

We do not support this. It is up to the creator of the installer to decide whether he or she wants to make the script available.

davidwhthomas
15th April 2006 14:31 UTC

Thanks for the reply.

I did read the FAQ item you mentioned.

But I thought perhaps there was a 3rd-party utility available.

I did find a few methods to allow one to view installer contents.

http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/IETotal.html
http://innounp.sourceforge.net/ (Inno Setup)

But I'm particularly interested in reading the uninstaller.exe contents.

Is there a similar decompiler available?

thanks again.

Brummelchen
15th April 2006 16:35 UTC

well - you can extract some dll or other pieces - but not the script itself - thats encoded.

sissy
16th April 2006 13:31 UTC

personally im glad theres no decompiler available as it helps to protect my work and the work of others.

Brummelchen
16th April 2006 15:36 UTC

what a fortune - so md5-hashes and serial checks are not open to public.