nsis2008
25th November 2008 17:07 UTC

DeleteRegKey: doesn't work as expected
As written in http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Add_unin...emove_Programs
I added

WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ImageMaker" \
"DisplayName" "Image Maker -- super software from Great Northern"
WriteRegStr HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ImageMaker" \
"UninstallString" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"

so that the application appears in the Software wizard of windows. This works. But when I deinstall, this entry doesn't vanish. SO I added

DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ImageMaker"

but with this additional command, the application DOESN't APPEAR in the Software Add/Remove dialog anymore! Is this a bug in the latest 2.41 version?

kichik
25th November 2008 17:45 UTC

Well, if you delete it, it has no reason to appear there. What you should do is delete the key in the uninstaller and not in the installer.