eilers
26th September 2006 11:42 UTC

Uninstall.exe, "New Program installed" bubble and yellow background.
Hi Folks!

I have a very strange problem and need your Help:

Windows XP has the feature to show newly installed programms highlighted in the start manu. First, it shows a bubble with the text "New program installed". If the program folder is opened, new entries are highlighted yellow.

Unfortunately, the created unistall.exe is always shown as new (has yellow background) which is quite irritating for users. Sometimes this "bubble" is also shown again and again..

After some digging in the network, I've learned that the file version info is used by Windows to detect whether the file is new. Thus, I used the functions
VIProductVersion and VIAddVersionKey to set this information. But it does not change anything...

Now, I'm quite helpless and need some assistance.. Please, don't let me stay out here in the rain! ;)

Thanks in advance!

Stefan

Comperio
27th September 2006 06:42 UTC

I've found this one to be a bit allusive. I did find this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar...24/496690.aspx

It points out some rules about what is considered 'new' and states that uninstallers should not be shown.

Considering this is a blog site, I'm not sure how accurate the info really is. But, I did notice in your original post, you misspelled "uninstall.exe". (yours is spelled "unistall.exe") I'm not sure if this was just misspelled in the post, or if your actual file name is also misspelled--if it is, you might give this a shot.

If not, then I'm at a loss... (Maybe someone else has some more dirt on this...)

eilers
27th September 2006 07:48 UTC

Originally posted by Comperio
I've found this one to be a bit allusive. I did find this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/ar...24/496690.aspx

It points out some rules about what is considered 'new' and states that uninstallers should not be shown.